[3][4] Jewels was adapted by Shelley List and Jonathan Estrin into a 1992 NBC television miniseries starring Annette O'Toole and Anthony Andrews.

After the birth of their first child Phillip, William reluctantly leaves to join the Royal Air Force when England declares war on Germany.

Sarah and William aid impoverished war survivors by purchasing their jewelry, and eventually put their collection for sale in a Paris shop they call Whitfield's.

Jewels was adapted by Shelley List and Jonathan Estrin into a 1992 NBC television miniseries starring Annette O'Toole as Sarah and Anthony Andrews as William.

Composer Patrick Williams won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special for Part I. Jewels debuted at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list and remained in that spot for four weeks.

[3][4] Publishers Weekly called the novel "bland", noting that "the narrative's greatest conflict comes in the final chapters, when widowed Sarah has to deal with her unruly offspring.