Ali­na Adams was born in the Sovi­et Union and immi­grat­ed with her fam­i­ly to the U.S. in 1977. The Nest­ing Dolls cov­ers the his­to­ry of Sovi­et Jews from the 1930s to the 1970s as well as the immi­gra­tion expe­ri­ence towards the end of the 20th cen­tu­ry. Adams can dis­cuss the research that went into telling her sto­ry her own per­son­al expe­ri­ence with the Free Sovi­et Jew­ry move­ment, as well as the impor­tance of keep­ing fam­i­ly his­to­ry alive for future gen­er­a­tions. The Nest­ing Dolls is fic­tion, but it is based on fact and much of it will like­ly strike a chord with the fam­i­ly his­to­ries of all Amer­i­can Jews.