“A moving saga of three generations of women determined to triumph over the forces of history no matter the cost. I absolutely devoured this compulsively readable gem of a novel.” - Jillan Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of The Lost Letter and In Another Time Alina Adams deftly portrays three generations of women, beautifully weaving their coming of age stories about love, sacrifice, family, and ultimately survival. “ The Nesting Dolls is a vividly rendered, sweeping historical novel. Moving from a Siberian gulag to the underground world of Soviet refuseniks to oceanside Brooklyn, The Nesting Dolls is a heartbreaking yet ultimately redemptive story of circumstance, choice, and consequence-and three dynamic unforgettable women, all who will face hardships that force them to compromise their dreams as they fight to fulfill their destinies. Zoe Venakovsky, known to her family as Zoya, has worked hard to leave the suffocating streets and small minds of Brighton Beach behind her-only to find that what she’s tried to outrun might just hold her true happiness. With her hopes for the future dashed, Natasha must find a new purpose-one that leads her into the path of a dangerous young man.īrighton Beach, 2019. But the Soviets do not allow Jewish students-even those as brilliant as Natasha-to attend an institute as prestigious as Odessa University. Brilliant young Natasha Crystal is determined to study mathematics. To survive, Daria is forced to rely on the kindness of a man who takes pride in his own coarseness. But a woman’s plans are no match for the crushing power of Stalin’s repressive Soviet state. Marrying the handsome, wealthy Edward Gordon, Daria-born Dvora Kaganovitch-has fulfilled her mother’s dreams. Spanning nearly a century, from 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a page turning, epic family saga centering on three generations of women in one Russian Jewish family-each striving to break free of fate and history, each yearning for love and personal fulfillment-and how the consequences of their choices ripple through time.

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