As children, we are cared for and have fewer worries compared to when we grow older. However, this doesn’t diminish the importance of what matters to us during our early years. For Scruffy, a young girl from a poor rural family, excelling in her studies is crucial because she aspires to become a doctor specializing in asthma. Her determination is fueled by the doctor’s grim prognosis for her father, but she is resolute in her goal to grow up and find a cure for him. Equally pressing for her is the need to escape her grandmother, who is constantly lurking in the shadows of their home, ready to tame her unruly hair with a comb. Concepts like death are too abstract for her to grasp, and war is merely a term she occasionally hears on the radio when adults tune in. Yet, as Scruffy navigates her days filled with both joy and sorrow, the backdrop of Iran’s most turbulent years unfolds, revealing the Revolution and the Iran-Iraq war through the innocent perspective of a child.