{"product_id":"9780349017341","title":"The Rooster House","description":"Author: Victoria Belim\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349017341\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Jun 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRadio 4 Book of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful insight into a nation beyond war headlines' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A captivating family memoir spanning four generations... Belim blends the personal and the historical to tell a moving, century-long tale of fear, hardship and resilience' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe i\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wild swans for Ukraine... an enthralling, multilayered family story, told across four generations. Rich and magnificent. A marvel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2014, while the Russian state was annexing Crimea, Victoria Belim came across her great-grandfather's diary, one page scored deep with the single line: 'Brother Nikodim, vanished in the 1930s fighting for a free Ukraine.' She had never heard of this uncle and no one - especially her grandmother - seemed willing to tell her about him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVictoria became obsessed with recovering his story. In the end, her winding search took her back to the place she had always known it would - to the Rooster House, an elegant mansion in the Ukrainian city of Poltava with two voluptuous red roosters flanking the door, and dark truths contained in its basement.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491596488862,"sku":"ADS-9780349017341","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349017341.jpg?v=1770594709","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349017341","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}