In Marjane's second book about herself, she lives in Austria and talks about her education there and her social life. Marjane lives in Austria for a period of four years where she experiences many hardships and calamities. In this four-year span, Marjane has difficulty finding accommodation when the family she lives with, the Zozos, kicks her out. Marjane spends her days on the streets and spends time with the nuns who welcome her. After about a year, Marjane decides to live with her friends where she opens up to the real world. She becomes mature during this period of time and her wild experiences shape the person she will become. Marjane sees her friends having sex with multiple guys and the way they dress. For years, Marjane remains as a nun when her friends force her to be born in a world far from innocence and Marjane begins to follow them. After a few months, Marjane is left homeless and experiences severe depression due to the influence of her friends, so she decides to return to Iran where she can hope to forget her past. When Marjane returns home, she tries to forget, but her memories come back to haunt her. Marjane, then, falls in love with a boy named Reza and they decide to flee Iran to have a better life somewhere else, so they study art in Iran to pass university and get a passport. Some