The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart: A Novel

Written by:
Mathias Malzieu
Narrated by:
Jim Dale

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
11
Narrator
1
Release Date
March 2010
Duration
4 hours 53 minutes
Summary
Edinburgh, 1874. Born with a frozen heart, Jack is near dead when his mother abandons him to the care of Dr. Madeleine—witch doctor, midwife, protector of orphans—who saves Jack by placing a cuckoo clock in his chest. It is in her orphanage that Jack grows up, amid tear-filled flasks, eggs containing memories, and a man with a musical spine. Dr. Madeleine warns Jack that his heart is too fragile for strong emotions: he must never, ever fall in love. But of course, he does, on his tenth birthday, and with head-over-heels abandon, for a bespectacled young street performer with a soul-stirring voice. But it's not only Jack's heart that's at risk, it's his very life. Now begins a wild journey of escape and pursuit, from Edinburgh to Paris to Andalusia, where Jack will finally learn the great joys—and the greater costs—of owning a fully formed heart.
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gabrielle Harwood

This is a far cry from science fiction, I love science fiction and this is not it, it is weird and strange and I hated it, I only finished it because I had nothing else to listen to. please recaterize this story, so as not to mislead science fiction fans like myself.

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