Aseer Alkotb Novel: Blue Collar Girl

“I still remember that strange gathering of our relatives in our house on the day my mother and father went to pick up my sister from the city police station, they all came to our house early that morning to see the new-born, and went around the television, listening to the long list of names being recited by a young broadcaster .. Until my father and mother returned, before they cheered when that announcer mentioned my sister's name, I asked my aunt in amazement at what was happening:

Did you gather like this on the day my mother and father went to fetch me from the city?!

She said:

No, your mother and father did not go to the city to receive you. You are like the rest of the village children. Your parents received you from the local village station. As for Susan, the situation is somewhat different with her, she is a blue-collar.

Before she sighs, she says in a stray tone:

God sent that little girl into our family at just the right time.