The Breadwinner Novels & Stories

Carter comes out of the bakery with four loaves of bread, two for him, two for his wife, and I think he’s the luckiest son of a bitch in all of Beotown. It’s almost my turn. Inside the bakery, I smell warm, freshly baked bread. Other pastries peek at me from behind the counter, but only the rich people can buy those. The people that run this place, like the mayor, and some of the farmers. Maybe the sheriff. The rest of us only dream of muffins and danishes. Through the fragrance of baked bread, I smell a faint whiff of metal and ignore it. I hope Lenny’s right. They’re not here—are they? Assholes, every one of them.

She loves the feel of fresh bread, croissants, tart and butter cake. In her uncle's farm, all the farm laborers gather grains, Oats, and wheat then send them to the farm barn where they are thrashed and grounded at the feedmill. Jaylyn starts off everyday as one of the farm laborers before going to the bread factory where she works as a dairy maid and bread baker. To the outside world, the Bennett are wonderful and well-respected people loyal to the throne and king. Well-known for paying the highest tribute to the king. This gave them more prestige than most noble clans.

In the early days, I'd rise before dawn to source inventory, often standing at my stall until dusk without a single sale. Then I'd ridden the e-commerce boom, scaling up into a thriving business that lifted our family out of hardship. Andrea burrowed deeper into Fiona's arms. "Ease up on Claudia. She is the breadwinner of our family." Her words were like gasoline on Brent's macho pride, his face contorting as veins pulsed in his forehead. "Breadwinner? What's a few bucks from peddling rags gonna do?" he snorted. My eyes met Andrea's, and I caught the triumphant sparkle in them.

A government initiative to reduce poverty and Amelia Choley was the bread winner of the family had earlier lost her job as a sales representative and had moved in with her husband but soon got very popular in the neighborhood as her husband all of a sudden began to develop interest for men and love to be penetrated. Although he works as a cleaner, he only gets a very little pay compared to his wife who does the same cleaning job but received a robust salary package which made her the breadwinner of the family. “The gay husband." as he was popularly called in the neighborhood. On several occasions he has brought his gay lover's home and had an affair while his

It takes a few seconds before he speaks again, "You know, you're working so hard for a high schooler." "Because, first of all, I don't shit cash," I spit out. "Secondly, I'm the sole breadwinner of our little family. Thirdly, I'm not a son of—" I cut my words. I almost told him I know about his father, so I resume talking with "I'm not . . . You know what? Just drive me to our building, please."

"Nothing..." He then asked me about breakfast, taking care of me at that moment. We continued our conversation, and I learned that he had become the breadwinner for his family. His parents had passed away, and he had a sibling he was sending to college, which is why he was tightening his belt. He had four other siblings, and as the eldest, he took on all the responsibilities that his deceased parents had left behind.

Carina said sadly. Carina has two siblings. She is the eldest and her two siblings are all boys. She is the one who educates her siblings because they are orphaned by their father, and only her mother takes care of her siblings, so it can be said that she is the breadwinner of the family. “Haist! Let me first, if I have more than my salary, I'll just lend it to you. Don't think too much.” Dina replied. "Thank you very much, Dina. You are a friend."