Kutchinsky's Egg

"An extraordinary family story and a strange, poignant portrait of obsession." —Sophie Elmhirst, New York Times bestselling author of A Marriage at Sea

"Spellbinding . . . The author unearths the story with a journalist’s doggedness and a novelist’s flair for detail, bravely seeking answers to childhood mysteries many would leave unsolved. This is riveting." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Uncovered feuds, betrayals, hatreds, and unlikely alliances . . . [come together in this] engaging tale of a doomed quest." —Kirkus

"A heady mix of intimate family memoir, refugee history, and exploration of the gilded world of fine jewellery, Kutchinsky’s Egg is a thrilling read. At its heart, is a daughter’s bold and extraordinary quest to understand her father. This is a mesmerising tale, beautifully told. I could not put it down." —Ariana Neumann, New York Times bestselling author of When Time Stopped

"This book sparkles with pride, passion, love, family, heritage, greed, and mystery. Just like its subject, it's a gem." —Oliver Bullough, author of Butler to the World and Moneyland

"Luxury and obsession collide in this fascinating thriller as finely wrought as the Faberge-style egg masterpiece at its centre. Rich in details, sharp in suspense, and devastating in its revelations. Impossible to put down." —Carol Woolton, author of Vogue: The Jewellery

"Kutchinsky’s Egg is a brave and searching excavation of family myth and buried grief. With bold curiosity and palpable heart, Serena Kutchinsky traces how loss, obsession, and silence can shape a destiny—and what it costs to tell the truth about the people we love. This is a memoir about inheritance in all its forms: the stories thrust upon us, the wounds we must carry, and the hard, luminous work of remaking truth from the wreckage left behind." —Sophie Haydock, author of The Flames

"Vulnerable, questing and uniquely moving, Kutchinsky's Egg is a sparkling story of loss, love, and redemption." —Dan Richards, author of Outpost and Overnight

"Kutchinsky's Egg is a wild and fascinating trip, a vivid story of a father's obsession and a daughter's love, but it also explores how we live with our emotional inheritances, and how we ultimately make peace with them." —Octavia Bright, author of This Ragged Grace

"A memoir of fixations, big diamonds, big money, big ambitions, fur coats and grand houses, a pushy matriarch, love and loss, internecine melees, the rise and fall of a family of skilled and aesthetically incomparable Jewish jewellers in Britain. The writing is both intimate and dramatic. The storyteller confides in the reader as she unearths buried truths, secrets, and lies. Utterly brilliant." —Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, columnist for The i Paper and Evening Standard