Catherine, a woman with a penchant for poor choices, has a monthly routine of talking her struggling mother off a bridge when her welfare runs out. However, their lives take a drastic turn when Tammy is diagnosed with terminal cancer, forcing Catherine to become her caregiver. Amidst this chaos, Ilana, a charismatic talk-show host, offers to help Catherine publish her life story, leaving her to weigh the value of her mother's life against the possibility of a better life without her.