Shirley Quinn has been so busy with her career that she hasn't had time for her personal life, making her the subject of ridicule. Out of options, Shirley ends up becoming a contract wife to Hawk Godfrey. At her grandmother's birthday party, she presents an extraordinarily expensive gift but is mocked by everyone as if it's cheap junk. Watch as Shirley gradually proves her critics wrong and stands up to the townsfolk and relatives who looked down on her.