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The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart audiobook

  • By: Mathias Malzieu
  • Narrator: Jim Dale
  • Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2010
  • Language: English
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The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart Audiobook 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.

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The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart Audiobook Narrator

Jim Dale is the narrator of The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart audiobook that was written by Mathias Malzieu

As “Best Children’s Narrator,” Jim Dale has won a record seven Audie Awards, including “Audio Book of the Year 2004,” a Grammy(r) Award and four Grammy(r) nominations. As an actor he has won a Tony(r) Award, five Tony(r) nominations, four Drama Desk Awards, and four Outer Critics Awards. As a lyric writer, he received an Oscar(r) nomination for writing the song “Georgy Girl.”

About the Author(s) of The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Mathias Malzieu is the author of The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart Full Details

Narrator Jim Dale
Length 4 hours 53 minutes
Author Mathias Malzieu
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Release date March 28, 2024
ISBN 9781481553612

Subjects

The publisher of the The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Literary

Additional info

The publisher of the The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781481553612.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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