The ring - Hardcover

Steel, Danielle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0440076226 ISBN 13: 9780440076223

Publisher: Delacorte Press, 1980

Synopsis

In Germany engulfed by war and hatred, the beautiful wife of an influential banker fell in love with a German author.  His Jewish heritage led them both to death.  The husband who survives her lives on to protect her memory, and their children.  And the ring he passes on to his daughter, Ariana von Gotthard, remains a bond of love between them.  Separated from her family, and unable to escape Germany, Ariana is finally arrested.  A young Nazi officer offers her survival and hope for the future.  Tragedy and a sudden twist of fate carries Ariana to America, to a chilling deception, and a new life of unfamiliar terrors.  Her past seemingly lost forever, her future uncertain, the ring she still clings to is all she has left of her father and brother.  And in time it will become the bridge from her past to her future.

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Review:

An ill-fated affair between Kassandra von Gotthard, a married German socialite, and her lover, a Jewish writer, at the beginning of Hitler's ethnic cleansing campaign results in tragedy for Kassandra's children, especially her beautiful daughter Ariana. When her father and brother disappear, Ariana is arrested by the Reich. Facing imprisonment and repeated rape at the hands of unscrupulous soldiers who desire to humble the lovely blond, Ariana jumps at the opportunity to become a cook for a kind Nazi officer. Gradually, the two are able to put the specter of war behind them and fall in love. But calamity strikes again, leaving Ariana alone once more and running for her life. Desperately sick and pregnant, Ariana lands in New York, part of the wave of refugees brought there by relief organizations. Sponsored, then befriended, then betrayed, by the Liebman family, Ariana slowly recovers in time for the Christmas birth of her son. And Noel, a kind man who loves Ariana, gives her the strength to make a life for herself and for him, which she does, finally finding true happiness. Danielle Steel creates a tale of the phases of life and love that we all experience against a brutal background that hopefully will not be experienced ever again. --Alison Trinkle

About the Author:

Danielle Steel is a descendant of the Lowenbrau beer barons. Born in Paris, she left for New York at the age of 20 to work in PR. She started writing in 1977 and has never looked back.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0440076226
• ISBN 13: 9780440076223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 338