The Mildred Pierce, a1945 movie, is about middle class family. When the father of the family Bert Pierce loses his job, Mildred starts baking pies and cakes, selling them to their neighbors, so she can keep a roof over their head. When Bert leaves, Mildred find a job as waitress. The couple has two children Veda and Kay which Mildred and Bert loved them dearly and unconditionally. Mildred loves, spoils, and wants all best thing in world for Veda, after Kay dies.
Eventually Mildred opens her own restaurant, and she becomes a very successful business woman, but Mildred, spoils her daughter. Maybe she feels guilty that she isn’t home with Veda, so she replaces herself with money and buying things