The boy with the cuckoo-clock heart / Mathias Malzieu ; translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone.
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- 9780307271686
- 0307271684
- Mécanique du cœur. English
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Originally published: La Mécanique du cœur. France : Flammarion, 2007.
Edinburgh, 1874. Born with a frozen heart, Jack is near death 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. And it is in her orphanage that Jack grows up among tear-filled flasks, eggs containing memories, and a man with a musical spine.
Translated from the French.
A fictional novel about a buy whose failinhg heart is replaced with a cuckoo clock movement.
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