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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
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Oct 26, 2022
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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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