Kutchinsky's Egg

‘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‘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, broadcaster and author of This Ragged Grace‘Rich in details, sharp in suspense and devastating in its revelations. This is a jewel of a thriller – impossible to put down’ – Carol Woolton, author of If Jewels Could Talk‘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 the Evening Standard

Serena Kutchinsky is an award-winning journalist who has held senior editorial roles at Sky News, BBC News, The Sunday Times (London), Prospect, and Newsweek. Currently head of news at The i Paper, she spends summer hosting talks at festivals and traveling around the countryside in a camper van. She lives in London with her husband and two children, and runs an Instagram account dedicated to the legacy of the House of Kutchinsky. Kutchinsky’s Egg is her first book.