Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock HeartAuthor: Mathias Malzieu, Sarah Ardizzone (translator)Narrator: Jim DaleFormat: UnabridgedLength: 4 hrs and 53 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 03-01-10Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.Genres: Fiction, HistoricalSummary:A fantastical novel, a wildly inventive taleby turns poignant and funny, lusty and wrenchingabout love and heartbreak. Edinburgh, 1874: Born with a frozen heart, Jack is nearly dead when his mother abandons him to the care of Dr. Madeleinewitch doctor, midwife, protector of orphanswho 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, a man with a musical spine.As Jack gets older, Dr. Madeleine warns him that his heart is too fragile for strong emotions: he must never, ever fall in love. And, of course, he does: on his 10th birthday and with head-over-heels abandon. The object of his ardor is Miss Acaciaa bespectacled young street performer with a soul-stirring voice. But its not only Jacks heart thats at risk, its his very lifeand doubly so when he injures the school bully in a fight for the affections of the beautiful singer. Now begins a wild journey, of escape and pursuit, from Edinburgh to Paris to Miss Acacias home in Andalusia, where Jack will finally learn the great joys, and ultimately the greater costs, of owning a fully formed heart.Contact: [email protected]

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