Gevanesh was born and grew up in the village of Inkansh, in the province of Gondar. At a young age, she moved with her family to the village of Talelu, near Welkait. She lists the games they played, mainly among the girls, such as five stones.

She married at the age of 11. She describes the experience: the meeting, the engagement, the wedding ceremony, and the move to her husband’s house. She gave birth to her oldest daughter at the age of 14. The birth of her oldest son lasted three days, during which she underwent various difficult procedures to speed up the labor. She describes the process of childbirth in the village, the conditions for childbirth, the role of the midwife and the village women, and how they overcame various complications in childbirth.

Gevanesh recounts examples of minor illnesses that were treated naturally in the village. She explains the tattoos common among people of Ethiopian origin. In cases of a suspected tumor, Christians would tattoo the area as part of the treatment process. Jews sometimes turned to their Christian neighbors in order to receive medical treatment. Gevanesh therefore has tattoos on her body, her chin, and her neck.

Gevanesh was mainly occupied with cooking, preparing spices, cleaning the house, and bringing up the children – skills she learned from her mother. She sometimes helped her husband with the farming work. In her free time, she would weave baskets and various containers from straw. Gevanesh also learned pottery from her aunt and, over time, began to create vessels on her own. Gevanesh talks about pottery work, which was prevalent mainly among the Jews in the village, describes the manner of the work and the type of vessels they made.

Gevanesh reminisces about Yom Kippur and the festival of Passover and explains the customs of kashrut as observed in Ethiopia.