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'When We Were Sisters' details the pain and perseverance of orphanhood

'When We Were Sisters' details the pain and perseverance of orphanhood

FromNPR's Book of the Day


'When We Were Sisters' details the pain and perseverance of orphanhood

FromNPR's Book of the Day

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Oct 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Poet and filmmaker Fatimah Asghar lost their parents at a young age. But they tell Scott Simon that they didn't grow up with a lot of stories that accurately captured the experience of being an orphan. In their debut novel, When We Were Sisters, Asghar describes life on the margins for three Muslim-American siblings left to raise one another.
Released:
Oct 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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