When Lily Dunoway is told she must trade in her boyish slacks for a mourning dress after her adopted brother dies in the Civil War, Lily takes it to the extreme. She wears it for two years day and night. She's determined her mourning period will not be over until the dress has fallen away, piece by piece. Meanwhile, her first love, an old childhood friend, Robert, returns to her little country town from Detroit hoping to win her heart. Because of...