The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart: A Novel Audiobook (Free)

Edinburgh, 1874. Blessed with a frozen center, Jack is near useless when his mother abandons him to the treatment of Dr. Madeleine-witch doctor, midwife, protector of orphans-who saves Jack by putting a cuckoo clock in his upper body. It is in her orphanage that Jack port matures, amid tear-filled flasks, eggs filled with memories, and a guy with a musical backbone. Dr. Madeleine warns Jack port that his heart is too fragile for strong feelings: he must hardly ever, ever fall in love. But obviously, he does, on his tenth birthday, and with head-over-heels depart, for the bespectacled young street performer having a soul-stirring tone of voice. But it is not only Jack’s heart that’s in danger, it’s his extremely life. Now begins a wild trip of get away and quest, from Edinburgh to Paris to Andalusia, where Jack port will finally find out the fantastic joys-and the greater costs-of owning a fully formed center.