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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2022
WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023

''[A] captivating, gorgeously written book'' Hala Alyan

''A stunning accomplishment'' Safia Elhillo

''A grief-soaked and gorgeous debut novel . . . A poet first, Asghar picks up on the themes of her debut collection If They Come for Us - partition and fragmentation, borders and bodies - and plays with space and silence on the page . . . this fragmentary form has the effect of ephemerality - much like life'' Sana Goyal, Guardian

In 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 sibl

When We Were Sisters

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/2024
      ISBN13: 9781472157621, 978-1472157621
      ISBN10: 1472157621
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      Book Synopsis

      LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2022
      WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023

      ''[A] captivating, gorgeously written book'' Hala Alyan

      ''A stunning accomplishment'' Safia Elhillo

      ''A grief-soaked and gorgeous debut novel . . . A poet first, Asghar picks up on the themes of her debut collection If They Come for Us - partition and fragmentation, borders and bodies - and plays with space and silence on the page . . . this fragmentary form has the effect of ephemerality - much like life'' Sana Goyal, Guardian

      In 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 sibl

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