EAN: 9781472157614

WHEN WE WERE SISTERS - FATIMAH ASGHAR KARTONIER...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2022WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR
FICTION 2023In this heartrending  lyrical debut work of fiction  Fatimah Asghar traces the
intense bond of three orphaned siblings who  after their parents die  are left to raise one
another. The youngest  Kausar  grapples with the incomprehensible loss of her parents as she
also charts out her own understanding of gender  Aisha  the middle sister  spars with her
'crybaby' younger sibling as she desperately tries to hold on to her sense of family in an
impossible situation  and Noreen  the eldest  does her best in the role of sister-mother while
also trying to create a life for herself  on her own terms.As Kausar grows up  she must contend
with the collision of her private and public worlds  and choose whether to remain in the life
of love  sorrow and codependency she's known or carve out a new path for herself. When We Were
Sisters tenderly examines the bonds and fractures of sisterhood  names the perils of being
three Muslim American girls alone against the world  and ultimately illustrates how those
who've lost everything might still make homes in each other.

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