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The boy with the cuckoo-clock heart, a novel, Mathias Malzieu ; [translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone]

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The boy with the cuckoo-clock heart, a novel, Mathias Malzieu ; [translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone]

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

The boy with the cuckoo-clock heart

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Oclc number

471672904

Responsibility statement

Mathias Malzieu ; [translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone]

Sub title

a novel

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

Target audience

adult

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