Breaking Night- Section 1

We are introduced to Liz, the younger sister, Lisa, the older sister, and the mother who's unstable due to drugs and other personal problems. The situation was so bad that Liz felt that she couldn't reach out to them, so she resorted to a job at the age of ten which was bagging items and receiving tips from people. While she had to go through the financial and social dilemmas at home she finds a way to overcome the problems by earning her own money. She's taking responsibility for herself at such a young age, which I believe is very impressive; one cannot find ways to earn money so young, but she felt like she had no other choice. While she still does blame herself for her mother's drug (and other forms of) abuse she still subsists and moves on.