Tru describes her family tree and the village where she grew up. She relates that her father was renowned throughout the area and that, during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie, soldiers often stayed at their house. Tru notes that the family owned the lands they worked.

From the age of five, she began to help with the housework and would bring water from the river, spin cotton threads, sew, grind, and make vessels from straw and clay. Tru explains what tools were used to do each household task. In the evening and on the Sabbath she used to play with the village children.

From the age of 11, Tru used to go with her older brothers to shepherd the sheep, carrying her younger brother on her back. Tru describes how they made a kind of coat and tent that protected them from the rain in the winter.

Tru describes her relationship with her parents, brothers and sisters. She explains the educational approach such as how they learned to cook and do housework, manners and hospitality, what punishments they received, and more. She relates how she educated her children in a similar manner.

Suitors began asking for her hand in marriage when she reached the age of ten, but her father refused, claiming that Tru was still a child. Tru describes different suitors and explains about the custom. At the age of 13, a match was found for her and she got married. As was customary, she moved to the house of parents-in-law, but in the early stages of the marriage she returned home every few months.

Tru relates how her mother-in-law taught her the profession of pottery – what type of earth was needed, what it was mixed with, and how the clay was dried and fired.

Tru gave birth to her firstborn when she was 17. As customary, she went to her parents’ house to give birth. She describes the birth and the customs connected to it: the role of the midwife, the customs of the menstruation house and ritual purification, the circumcision, and more. She talks about her other births and describes how her children once contracted a life-threatening illness.

The first circumcision Tru conducted as a circumciser was for her own son. She then became the circumciser of her husband’s village. She talks at length about how the circumcision was conducted, what tools were used, how they maintained hygiene, and the celebrations that accompanied the event.

Following a spate of thefts of cattle and produce Tru and her family left their village of Warkasha Mariam and moved to the village of Chlga. Tru and the female members of the family travelled by public transport via the city of Gondar, while her husband and older children transferred the sheep, cattle, and dogs by foot on a journey that lasted for two weeks. They stayed in Chlga for four years before immigrating to Israel.