Parvana sits in the market with her father, and considers the family’s history (including the death of her brother Hossain) and that of Afghanistan., Parvana completes her chores and helps to prepare dinner, and her father tells the story of Malali. Taliban soldiers burst in and take Parvana’s father away, beating and terrorizing the rest of the family as they do so., Parvana and her mother go to the prison and demand her father’s release, but are beaten by the guards until they leave., On returning from the jail, Parvana’s mother sleeps for a number of days. Eventually the food runs out, and Nooria tells Parvana she is the only one who can buy more for the family., Parvana goes to the market to buy food, but is confronted by a Taliban soldier for not wearing a burqua. She escapes and runs into Mrs Weera, who comes home with her and helps to clean and order the house and get her mother dressed., The women transform Parvana into a boy by cutting her hair and dressing her in Hossain’s clothes, and she is able to buy food unchallenged., Parvana sets up stall in the marketplace selling household goods and reading/writing letters. Her first customer is a Taliban soldier, who is brought to tears by a letter that belonged to his dead wife., Mother and Mrs Weera decide to start a magazine. Mrs Weera moves in with the family, and they all start to go out, escorted by Parvana. A woman from a nearby house leaves gifts for Parvana in the market. One day, she discovers a school friend, Shauzia, who is also posing as a boy., Shauzia and Parvana discuss business and Parvana invites her to visit. Mrs Weera, along with Mother and Nooria, have decided to start a secret school for girls. Shauzia tells Parvana she has found a way to make more money., Shauzia and Parvana dig up graves to sell to a bone broker. They make much more money than usual, but decide not to turn all of it over to their families immediately., Shauzia and Parvana earn enough to start selling cigarettes and gum in the afternoons. One day they stumble across a public punishment, where thieves have one of their hands cut off by the Taliban., Shauzia tells Parvana about her plan to escape to France the following spring. Parvana begins to weary of her situation, but tries to make the best of it. She hears a physical fight in the nearby house. The secret school is started, and Nooria is the teacher. Then her mother tells her Nooria is getting married., Mother, Nooria and the little ones go to Mazar for Nooria’s wedding, leaving Parvana behind with Mrs Weera. Parvana has some time for herself with fewer chores. One day she is caught in a rainstorm and hides in a building, where she hears a woman crying., Parvana takes the woman, Homa, home with her and they discover she is a refugee from Mazar, which has been taken amid scenes of extreme violence by the Taliban. Parvana is very depressed, but eventually returns to work with Shauzia. One day she returns to the flat to find her father is alive and has come home., Parvana and her father decide to go to Mazar to look for the rest of their family in the refugee camps. Mrs Weera and Homa decide to go to Pakistan. Mother’s magazine is published. Shauzia has plans to go to Pakistan with a group of nomads; she and Parvana make a pact to meet in 20 years’ time at the top of the Eiffel Tower..

The Breadwinner Plot

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