This book is a collection of short stories including the one given for the title of the book "እቴሜቴ ሎሚ ሽታ" which is framed following the generations long children's play song in Ethiopia, Ete'mete (እቴሜቴ) in its structure where it flows into taking a man's childhood and married life, His mother's loyalty and his wife's adultery. Where the stories segment's also reflect the different held views of the society told in the dialogue of the storyteller as well as the characters of the story. For quotes like "ደካማ ሰው የጠላቱን አጀንዳ የራሱ መስሎት የሚሰራ ነው፡፡ ከመስራት በፊት 'የምሰራው ማንን ይጠቅማል' በል፡፡" by Misrak (character in the book) are to be found when one reads through. This I belive is what makes the story reside in ones mind for long after reading, not only did it in mine but in all my other friends that have read this book share this view.
Another interesting fact about this book is, the title story of this book እቴሜቴ ሎሚ ሽታ is also one of the stories that got translated in to a movie in the Ethiopian book/film history. The movie titled as ሎሚ ሽታ is one of the movies in Ethiopia that I consider to be a must see.