The year is 1886. Beautiful spinster Lili Tornquist, age 29, leaves her father's Minnesota home to marry Gunnar Jorgeson, a Montana sheep rancher. When her new husband falls short of his promise, Lili makes her way to the notorious mining town of Butte. Unable to find more suitable work, she takes a job singing in a hurdy-gurdy house, much to the consternation of two men who love her -- mine lawyer Charles Weatherby and union organizer Tom Hawes. After suffering near disgrace, a mine disaster, and first love, Lili comes to ...
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The year is 1886. Beautiful spinster Lili Tornquist, age 29, leaves her father's Minnesota home to marry Gunnar Jorgeson, a Montana sheep rancher. When her new husband falls short of his promise, Lili makes her way to the notorious mining town of Butte. Unable to find more suitable work, she takes a job singing in a hurdy-gurdy house, much to the consternation of two men who love her -- mine lawyer Charles Weatherby and union organizer Tom Hawes. After suffering near disgrace, a mine disaster, and first love, Lili comes to terms with her quest for independence and her desire to belong.
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