![]() ![]() Tam spent the next seven years gathering his dead lover's bones and arranging them on his bed.Īfter the treasure hunt game which was based on Elinore’s story became a huge sensation, hopeless art student Frank turns into Sir Frank Churcher leading his readers to seven sites where jewels were buried: one by one, tiny golden bones were dug up until only Elinore’s pelvis remained hidden.įor 50 years nobody has found where Elinore’s pelvis hidden.įrank and Cora got married and Cora gave birth to their daughter Eleanor who preferred to be called Nell. A passing witch casted a spell allowing Tam to resurrect Elinore if he could piece her skeleton back together to prove his love. That very same woman lived in English countryside unhappily married heroine took a lover, Tam upon discovering the affair, Elinore's husband murdered her and scattered her bones throughout the countryside. At that very same night, Cora played him a record called “ Gather the Bones” which gave him inspiration to create the entire book, artwork and riddle game based on the song lyrics which were also based on a true story of a woman named Elinore. The lost man’s name was Frank and his beautiful muse was Cora. One night an art student who lost his way and was about to get enlisted, stopping by the room of another art student he has been fancied for a long time. The Golden Bones was published in 1971 and it was the most ambitious, expensive picture book ever made. You don’t want to miss anything because any detail the author has implicated is important! Don’t get stressed out because of long pages! Pacing is quite fast and intriguing! You don’t have time for getting bored but you get exhausted after trying to absorb so much details about events and huge bunch of characters including their interesting back stories. ![]() There are so many characters and so much is going at the same time. This book is ultra complex, messy, intelligent reading requests your entire focus and attention because you keep moving back and forth between different timelines to collect entire pieces of puzzle for truly understanding the bigger picture! There’s a lot going on in this book: Upcoming 50th anniversary of a sensational child book containing a special treasure hunt, obsessed treasure hunters called Bonehunters, a bunch fanatics harassing the book author’s family, a huge media coverage, two interwoven dysfunctional families and their so messed up members! And then all hell breaks loose.įrom the bestselling author of He Said/She Said and Watch Her Fall, this is a taut, mesmerising novel about a daughter haunted by her father's legacy. During the filming, Frank finally reveals the whereabouts of the missing golden bone. The book is being reissued along with a new treasure hunt and a documentary crew are charting everything that follows. Stalked by fans who could not tell fantasy from reality, his daughter, Nell, became a recluse.īut now the Churchers must be reunited. Marriages broke down as the quest consumed people. ![]() People sold their homes to travel to England and search for Elinore. A community of treasure hunters called the Bonehunters formed, in frenzied competition, obsessed to a dangerous degree. One by one, the tiny golden bones were dug up until only Elinore's pelvis remained hidden. Clues and puzzles in the pages of The Golden Bones led readers to seven sites where jewels were buried – gold and precious stones, each a different part of a skeleton. Part picture book, part treasure hunt, Sir Frank Churcher created a fairy story about Elinore, a murdered woman whose skeleton was scattered all over England. Fifty years ago, her father wrote The Golden Bones. Nell has come home at her family's insistence to celebrate an anniversary. ![]()
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