When she is twelve, Iris Cooper's father convinces the owner of a bar to let her perform, and she stuns the audience. In the ensuing years, father and daughter move from one dusty town to the next, but it is not an easy life for Iris with her father in charge and using her income to pay for gambling, women, and booze. After years of enduring the hardships of the road, exploitation, and abuse to do what she loves, Iris's big chance comes as her talent soars. But at the top at last, Iris still has to fight every step of the way.
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