Review by Booklist Review
Known affectionately in their family as "the Liz Taylor ring," the 11-carat diamond ring was a present for Lizzie Schneider from her husband, Ritchie, after their nine-month separation. For Addy, the ring represents security. For Nathan, the ring is a symbol of his parents' epic love. For Courtney, the ring is a way to pay off her massive gambling debts. All three children thought the ring was lost until a banker in the Cayman Islands calls. Their late father had a safety deposit box there, and even more surprising, the ring is in the box. The discovery of the ring brings all the siblings together, and secrets about their lives as well as the lives of their parents are revealed. Jumping back and forth between Lizzie and Ritchie in the past and their children in the present, Janowitz has crafted an engaging family drama with a sibling dynamic that is realistic and lived in. With some Old Hollywood Easter eggs sprinkled in, this novel will appeal to lovers of Liz Taylor and family fiction, and those looking for a light read.
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Review by Library Journal Review
Lizzie and Ritchie Schneider have a stormy marriage. They're deeply in love, but, like Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, they fight hard and love harder, breaking up and getting back together frequently. Their family blows apart after Ritchie gambles away the family house, but he wins Lizzie's heart back by giving her a "Liz Taylor" diamond ring with an 11-carat stone. Yet Ritchie will gamble away the rock over the years, replacing the diamond with cubic zirconia when his fortunes fall. Now Ritchie and Lizzie have both died, and their children Addy (the sensible one), Nathan (the workaholic), and Courtney (the lost soul) will have to decide what to do with the family heirloom while uncovering family secrets in the process. These fully formed characters are the foundation of Janowitz's (The Grace Kelly Dress) delightful novel. Families are always complex, especially when gambling is in the bloodline, but love often has a way of making life easier. Lizzie and Ritchie keep finding their way to each other, and their children find a way to make peace. VERDICT Fans of women's fiction and family sagas will enjoy.--Jennifer Mills, Shorewood-Troy Lib., IL
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Siblings on Long Island covet a glamorous diamond ring that may be a family heirloom worth $2.5 million or a worthless fake. Ten years after their father Ritchie Schneider's death, the discovery of a safe deposit box in the Cayman Islands prompts his oldest child, Addy, a 41-year-old married mother of 16-year-old twins, middle child Nathan, a married partner in the family's multimillion-dollar fast-fashion empire, and youngest child Courtney, a 29-year-old, single, unemployed, and desperately broke actress in Los Angeles, to reconsider and ultimately strengthen their sometimes-close and sometimes-fraught relationships with one another. Courtney's online escort service date--turned-friendship with octogenarian billionaire Sy Pierce, Ritchie's long-ago love poems written for his Liz Taylor--obsessed wife, Lizzie, and the twins' sexy Instagram posts add spice to the goings-on, while Nathan's, Addy's, and Courtney's gambling problems, old and new sibling rivalries, and mostly surprising plot twists sustain the tension and suspense. A subplot involving Lizzie's older sister, Maggie, who dated Ritchie before Lizzie caught his eye, and a lawsuit over the ring ups the stakes. Happily-ever-after endings all around feel easy, yet earned, and a bittersweet disposition of the troublesome ring provides a satisfying conclusion. A fun, flirty, well-paced sibling-inheritance story. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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