The present book is about the life of a female nurse, Maryam Farhanian, who went to the war front to help the wounded fighters and was martyred during the war. The author retells her life story in the form of an interesting and readable story based on the interviews with Maryam’s close friends, especially her mother. The book is set up in 3 sections and each section has 7 chapters. The first chapter deals with the life of martyr Maryam Farhanian and the beginning of the war, the second chapter is about her activities behind the battlefront and caring for the wounded, and the third chapter describes Maryam’s injuries and martyrdom. From the very beginning, the book tells the audience that the author was not into “mere historiography”, but wanted to introduce Maryam as a fic-tional character to the reader so that the text would go beyond the retelling of memories and embody a fictional tone.

Davood Amirian is the writer who well-known figure in the Iranian children and young adults' literature. His main interest of subject is war literature. He published his memories of Iran-Iraq war at the age of twenty. Satire and presence of young active and ambitious youths are characteristics of Amiriyan's works. A lot of his books have been published in Iran and other countries, for instance in Russia.