A Nest For Our Russian Doll

About the Book

A Nest for Our Russian Doll is a heartwarming book about a couple’s struggle with infertility and the eventual adoption of their daughter. This journey leads them halfway across the world to a village north of Moscow where they meet a small two-and-a-half-year-old child who had only known the orphanage as home. It takes you through her transition to America with her new family. This is a story that would bring hope to any couple trying to realize their dream of starting a family.

About the Author

The author, the younger of two daughters, was born in 1961 to parents who immigrated from the Netherlands. She graduated in 1979 from Broomfield High School in Colorado and continued on to earn a bachelor’s degree in commercial leisure resource management. She married her husband in 1983 and started working as a flight attendant in 1986, and which she continues to do until today. In 1996, they adopted their beautiful, two-and-a-half-year-old daughter from Vologda, Russia. Today they all reside in Michigan.