Author: Victoria Belim

This is timely and deeply moving memoir of the author’s Ukrainian family history, interwoven with the country’s tumultuous story.

Victoria Belim shares a deeply personal portrait of Ukraine in her memoir.

From the great famine of the 1930s through the Crimea Invasion of 2014, the author shares stories of generations of her family who endured much hardship under the ever-present Russian-Ukraine struggles.

Belim was born in Ukraine and lived there 15 years before immigrating to the US and later Belgium.

In 2014, she revisits Ukraine, spending time with her grandmother, experiencing everyday life, while also doing a deep dive into her great-grandparents history of the 1930s.

"This heartfelt exploration, while a bit slow-moving and meandering in places, is intimate and introspective," said a review on goodreads.com.

Belim is a journalist, and she covers a lot of material to pull together all the threads of her family, Ukranian history, and Ukranian life.