"Short Story on Credit Card Debt"

This is a U.S. news story, published by CNBC, that relates primarily to Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's news.

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'Seeing through debt-colored glasses.' Author details main character being trapped in credit card debt

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In Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's fictional short story, " Minimum Payment Due ," the main character is trapped in credit card debt.

His shame and denial leave him unable to tell even his therapist how much he owes.

More than a third , or 38% , of adults in the U.S. have credit card debts, according to Bankrate .

SS: "I try to write about certain things that are troubling and that plague a solitary character" "The only thing he says is that he is susceptible. He doesn't know why he is who he is, why it's come to all of this," she says.

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informal

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English

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possibly offensive

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not hateful