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My "Perfect" Son is a Broken Machine

English · Mystery · On the rack since

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My "Perfect" Son is a Broken Machine is a mystery novel in English. Chapters 1 and 2 can be read on this site as a free preview.

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From the back cover

Once, Tyler Miller was the lively heart of his family, until his sister Lily was born and his every creative, hyperactive act became a threat. When a mechanical musical castle he built for her first birthday frightened her into tears, his father smashed it and his mother struck him. The next day he was sent to New Life Academy, a high-security reform school, with his father telling Dr. Vance to make him normal and pledging three million dollars.

Three years later his parents bring home a son who bows at a precise angle, keeps three meters from strangers, and recites Protocols instead of speaking. He refuses their gifts, their food, their photo album, and their touch, calling each a violation. When Lily runs to him, he retreats and she sobs; when she falls and bleeds, he treats her wound with clinical exactness and no warmth.

They finally have their perfect, obedient son, and the silence in their house is unbearable.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

Until my sister, Lily, was born. Suddenly, every creative, hyperactive thing I did became a "threat" to her safety.

For Lily’s first birthday, I spent a whole month building a mechanical musical castle for her. It had over a thousand tiny custom gears and parts.

But when I turned it on, the flashing LED lights and the whirring of the gears terrified her. She burst into tears.

That night, my dad smashed my castle to pieces. And my mom slapped me across the face for the first time in my life.

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Contents

Chapters 1 and 2 are on this page. Chapters marked with a lock continue in the official app.

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Which chapters of My "Perfect" Son is a Broken Machine are free?

Chapters 1 and 2 are free to read on this page, in English. From chapter 3 the book continues in the official app.

Where do I keep reading My "Perfect" Son is a Broken Machine after chapter 2?

In the official app. Install it, enter code 529685, and the book opens where this preview stops — chapter 3.

What is My "Perfect" Son is a Broken Machine about?

Once, Tyler Miller was the lively heart of his family, until his sister Lily was born and his every creative, hyperactive act became a threat. When a mechanical musical castle he built for her first birthday frightened her into tears, his father smashed it and his mother struck him. The next day he was sent to New Life Academy, a high-security reform school, with his father telling Dr. Vance to make him normal and pledging three million dollars.

What genre is My "Perfect" Son is a Broken Machine?

It is shelved under Mystery, and written in English.

We only stock the preview chapters and book details the publisher lets us show. The complete book is sold and read in the official app.