Yael Adler, author of From Gypsy to Jersey, tells the story of how her parents came to adopt her from Romania in 1991 right after the collapse of communism — and how, all these years later, she was able to unravel the many mysteries of her past. Her book describes how her parents were inspired by an ABC 20/20 series on Romanian orphanages and adoptions to pursue a private adoption — which is what brought her here to the United States and gave her a loving family as well as a whole new world of opportunity. The book details how she followed the trail to her birth mother and made the journey back to Romania to connect with her Roma (Gypsy) family and roots. The book also explores the conditions and history of the country around the time of her birth — a period when nearly 100,000 abandoned children were living in neglect in institutions across Romania and what she learned about this fascinating culture.