Mathias Malzieu
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
In 1874 Scotland, Jack, born with a frozen heart and abandoned by his mother, only survived infancy thanks in part to Dr. Madeleine, who replaced his heart with a cuckoo clock. Now, as Jack matures, Dr. Madeleine teaches him how to control his emotions and warns the boy never to fall in love. However, when he falls for street performer Miss Acacia, subsequently beating up a bully in her honor, Jack is forced to flee through the streets of Edinburgh....
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Edinburgh, late nineteenth century. Little Jack is born on a day so cold that his heart remains frozen. Madeleine the midwife replaces his heart with a cuckoo-clock. It will work, as long as Jack follows the rules, mainly not falling in love. But his encounter with a fiery-eyed girl singing on a street corner and his decision to chase after her will test the resistance of his makeshift heart to the breaking point.