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

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy