L'anneau de Cassandra

by Steel d.

Paperback, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Genres

Romance

All Topics

Fiction

Publication

LGF - Livre de Poche (1999), Poche

Description

Fiction. Literature. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML: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.… (more)

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LibraryThing member KrissZane

It tells of how family should stick together. It tells of love and hate. Life and death. It tells of balence.

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LibraryThing member christinejoseph

Ariana, Germany to America story of girl who fled to America her son Noel.

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.

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LibraryThing member Headinherbooks_27

Sometimes a reader is lucky to read a book that somehow makes an incredible impression on the reader and the reader just want to share it with others. This book is definitely one of them for me. There's so much loss and pain in this story, and when you think the character has finally found joy and

happiness once again, a tragedy occurs and she's back to being all alone again. She goes through major losses and at the end of each one, she has to learn to get herself back up.

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