Our Parents’ Debts

When Cortney's dad dies, her mother grieves the way a lot of people do: by buying things to fill the void, sometimes things she can't afford. By age 15, Cortney is helping her mom pay the bills. By her 20s, when her mom is diagnosed with cancer, Cortney is working 60-hour weeks just to keep her mother's lights on. This is an episode about what money means — when you have it, when you don't — and how a lack of it can strain family ties.

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