The Jack-Knife Man by Ellis Parker Butler ~ Full Audiobook [family]

The Jack-Knife Man by Ellis Parker Butler audiobook. Genre: family Ellis Parker Butler's The Jack-Knife Man is a warm, quietly comic story of unlikely family and hard-won belonging along the Mississippi River. Peter Lane is an aging drifter who lives alone on a battered houseboat, passing his days with a jack-knife in hand, whittling small wooden figures and keeping to himself. But on a stormy night, a desperate woman arrives at his door with her young son, Buddy - and by morning Peter finds himself with a child to feed, protect, and somehow claim as his own. As Peter and Buddy settle into life on the river, a ragged wanderer named Booge drifts into their orbit, and the three form a makeshift household held together by simple decency, improvised joy, and the little toys Peter carves. Their fragile peace is tested by suspicious townspeople and well-meaning authorities who believe Buddy would be better off anywhere else, forcing Peter to prove he can offer more than shelter - he can offer a future. Tender, humorous, and deeply humane, Butler's novel explores charity without sentimentality and the stubborn courage it takes to love when the world says you should let go. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:26:09) Chapter 02 (00:37:02) Chapter 03 (00:57:41) Chapter 04 (01:26:32) Chapter 05 (01:55:12) Chapter 06 (02:23:42) Chapter 07 (02:43:00) Chapter 08 (02:53:35) Chapter 09 (03:05:26) Chapter 10 (03:22:41) Chapter 11 (03:31:54) Chapter 12 (04:03:24) Chapter 13 (04:17:31) Chapter 14 (04:36:38) Chapter 15 (04:51:44) Chapter 16 (05:08:37) Chapter 17 (05:28:19) Chapter 18 (05:38:15) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices