The boy with the cuckoo-clock heart, [a novel] by Mathias Malzieu
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The boy with the cuckoo-clock heart, [a novel] by Mathias Malzieu
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The boy with the cuckoo-clock heart
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[a novel] by Mathias Malzieu
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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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- Romance fiction
- Audiobooks
- Historical fiction
- Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Orphanages -- Fiction
- Mother and child -- Fiction
- Guardian and ward -- Fiction
- Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Fiction
- Conduct of life -- Fiction
- Heart, Artificial -- Fiction
- Desertion and non-support -- Fiction
- Midwives -- Fiction
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- Romance fiction
- Audiobooks
- Historical fiction
- Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Orphanages -- Fiction
- Mother and child -- Fiction
- Guardian and ward -- Fiction
- Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Fiction
- Conduct of life -- Fiction
- Heart, Artificial -- Fiction
- Desertion and non-support -- Fiction
- Midwives -- Fiction
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