Pie in the Sky: A Novel

"Only Janet Finn could mine the seam of this story between continents and decades, with rich treasure for the reader."-Michael Punke, Author of Fire & Brimstone: The North Butte Disaster of 1917 and The Revenant "Written in vivid prose and precise historical detail, the novel explores how mining scars run deep as veins of copper through generations of families in America and Chile."-Caroline Patterson, author of The Stone Sister, winner of the 2022 High Plains Book Award for Women's Fiction "Only someone intimate with the gut-wrenching histories of Chile and Butte could have written Pie in the Sky. Janet Finn is that person.... a riveting and redemptive read."-Beth Judy, Author, Bold Women in Montana History, bethjudy.com "A beautifully written, compelling story."-Mary Murphy, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Department of History & Philosophy, Montana State University, Bozeman In her first work of fiction, Janet L. Finn brings decades of storytelling and social justice scholarship to life in a sweeping novel about struggle, solidarity, and unexpected connection. Pie in The Sky follows the intersecting journeys of two young women-one from Butte, Montana, the other from Santiago-whose lives collide amidst the political upheaval of 1970s Chile. Against the backdrop of labor movements, mining life, and the rising hope of social change, their friendship sparks a story of courage, loss, and transformation that crosses borders and generations. Grounded in rich historical detail and emotional depth, this is a novel about finding common ground in uncommon places-and the power of human connection to shape the future.