Jewel is a novel by Bret Lott, which was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection. The year is 1943 and life is good for Jewel Hilburn, her husband, Leston, and their five children. Although there's a war going on, the Mississippi economy is booming, providing plenty of business for the hardworking family. Even the news that eldest son James has enlisted is mitigated by the fact that Jewel, now pushing 40, is pregnant with one last child. Her joy is slightly clouded, however, when her childhood friend Cathedral arrives at the door with a troubling prophecy: "I say unto you that the baby you be carrying be yo' hardship, be yo' test in this world.
Adaptations (1)
Jewel was adapted into a 2001 television film.
Jewel2001 · television film · 120 min · dir. Paul Shapiro · IMDb ↗IMDb6.4In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndrome.
