Postoperative pain was felt by 40 percent of patients after three months, 22 percent of patients after six months, 17 percent after one year, and 10 percent of patients after two years, according to the study in the current issue of the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Definition of breadwinner. 1  1 : a means (as a tool or craft) of livelihood. 2  2 : a member of a family whose wages supply its livelihood.
What makes The Breadwinner stand out to me is that this is the first book I have come across personally that deals with the struggles of a family in Afghanistan, let alone being right after the Taliban took control of the nation.