When We Were Sisters Sounds This debut of a blazingly

This debut of a blazingly original voice "bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole" (Tommy Orange

From the author of the bestselling novel The Street

a transvestite and ostensible gynecologist

" --Dahlia Adler

an effort to give space and life to an abandoned project

When We Were Sisters Sounds This debut of a blazinglyLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "This exquisite debut wrestles with gender, siblinghood, family, and what it means to be Muslim in America all through the lens of love." Time "Haunting . . . a knife sharp story of self discovery." People WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, NPR, Time, Vox, PopSugar, Autostraddle In this heartrending, lyrical debut work of fiction, the acclaimed author