The $500 Tip

Synopsis

In the winter of 2006, Sarah Mitchell was twenty years old, working the graveyard shift at a 24-hour diner off the interstate in Tucson, Arizona. She was six months pregnant, recently abandoned by her boyfriend, and barely surviving on $2.13 an hour plus tips. Most nights, the tips weren't enough to cover gas, let alone diapers and prenatal vitamins. She…