Victoria Belim

Sep 24, 2024 | abramsbooks.com | Victoria Belim

Praise “[An] absorbing memoir. . . the Ukrainian-born journalist Victoria Belim returns to her homeland to find the missing pieces in the puzzle of her family’s history. . . Reading her book, it’s impossible to forget that however resilient the country may be, the pain currently inflicted will be felt for generations.”  —The New York Times Book Review“The Rooster House is so many things at once, and all of them pull at my heart.

Jun 27, 2023 | nytimes.com | Anya Yurchyshyn |Victoria Belim |Abrams Press

Book Review|When Going Home Becomes a Fact-Finding Missionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/books/review/the-rooster-house-victoria-belim.htmlnonfictionIn her new memoir, the Ukrainian-born journalist Victoria Belim returns to her homeland to find the missing pieces in the puzzle of her family’s history. The author’s trip to Ukraine to visit her grandmother, Valentina, grew into far more.

May 19, 2023 | independent.ie | Victoria Belim

Victoria Belim returned to her homeland to unearth the forgotten truth about her great-grandfather’s brother. She hit obstacle after obstacle but discovered nothing disappears without a trace, even in a nation with such a troubled pastA single line in my great-grandfather’s diary sent me on a journey that took me around Ukraine and into its — and my own — past.

Apr 3, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Victoria Belim |Brandon Stanton | |Stephanie Johnson

A Ukrainian American journalist recounts the history of her Ukrainian family within the broader context of Russian aggression since the 1930s. “I was born in Kyiv, but the first fifteen summers of my life unfolded in [Bereh] on the Vorksla River.” So writes Brussels-based journalist Belim in this poignant, gently unfolding tale.