| Playing Time |
045313 |
| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 70239 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Performer |
Read by Jim Dale. |
| Note |
Duration: 4:53:13. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Heart, Artificial -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
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Orphans -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
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| Genre |
Love stories.
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Dale, Jim, narrator.
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| Added Title |
Mécanique du cœur. English.
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| Other Form: |
Original 1441726594 (OCoLC)537352533 |
| ISBN |
9781441726629 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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1441726624 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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