Genet was born during the period of Italian rule. She describes her family tree, her village, and its local history. When she was a child, her mother taught her how to do housework, pottery, and how to spin threads for weaving. Genet goes through the seasons of the year and explains when the various produce was planted and harvested.

Genet was engaged at the age of eight. She explains the matchmaking process: what was important to check, how it was checked, and more. She describes how her family and the whole village community took part in the preparations for the wedding. Genet was married at the age of ten. She describes the customs and traditions observed at her wedding.

After the wedding, she moved to live with her parents-in-law. After six months, her family took her home because she was still a child and missed her parents. Several months later, her family hosted the “Melesh” custom, in which the bridegroom and his escorts are invited to get to know the bride’s family and to take her to the bridegroom’s house. She moved once again to live with her husband’s family. When she moved to her mother-in-law’s house, Genet became responsible for the housework. She describes how her mother-in-law took care of her and made sure her son didn’t touch her for the first three years. Genet and her husband only began to live together as husband and wife three years after their wedding.

When she was 16, the couple moved to their own house and began to work a plot of land. Over time, they began to rent other peoples’ lands in exchange for 25%-50% of the produce. Genet explains that she did not have much housework to do, so she would accompany her husband and work in the fields as well. When her mother-in-law fell ill, Genet and her husband left their work in the fields to take care of her. Therefore, at the end of the year they had not earned enough money to support themselves with dignity. Genet decided to return with her husband to her parents’ house.

While living with her family, Genet and her husband made a living by weaving clothes for Christian weddings in the area. When they saved enough money, they bought a pregnant goat. It gave birth to a pair of kid goats, which they sold. They used the money to buy a bull to work the ground. With the bull and a plot of land they received from her parents, they began to support themselves from farming as well.  

After three years, due to a dispute in the area, Genet and her husband moved to Tsada and from there to Adara Diba. There they cleared land and worked it themselves. At the same time, the kept beehives and made honey. Genet describes how they had to protect their produce from the many monkeys in the area.

Once they became financially stable, Genet’s husband decided that he wanted to study. Genet did not want to leave, and the couple argued. Eventually Genet agreed. They left all their possessions and moved to Dabat.

On their way to Dabat, they stopped in Inferaz to visit her mother-in-law. She took Genet to a traditional doctor to cure her childlessness. Genet was thirty years old and had never conceived. She describes the treatment that included, among other things, techniques of reading coffee and drumming. After the treatment, Genet gave birth to three children.

After the children were born, the couple settled in Inferaz and began to build themselves up financially. They upgraded their possessions from a cow to a bull, from one bull to two, and later they hired farm hands as well. After years of work, her husband was arrested under the false accusation of murdering a Christian who had abused them because they were Jews. Her husband spent a year and seven months in jail before his innocence was proved. Genet, who remained alone with her daughters, describes the help she received from the residents of the area during the harvest season.

After a while, Genet sold all her possessions and moved with her children and dogs to live in Agra Diba. From there, it was a walk of a few hours to the jail in Gondar, where her husband was imprisoned. When he was finally released and recovered from his difficult time in jail, Genet and her husband built a large house in Agra Diba. A month after it was completed, the entire house burned down with all its contents and the domestic animals in it. Genet’s three daughters managed to escape unharmed, luckily and to everyone’s joy. Genet and her family moved to live with her mother. There she learned to work as a potter. She sold her products as an additional and important source of income.

When the possibility of immigrating to Israel via Sudan opened up, Genet and her family sold all their possessions and left for Sudan. From there, they immigrated to Israel.