Danielle Steel's The ring

"This epic story follows the tragic yet inspiring life of Ariana Von Gotthard, a woman who gains strength and courage as a young girl coming of age in pre-wae Germany."@en
"This epic story follows the tragic yet inspiring life of Ariana Von Gotthard, a woman who gains strength and courage as a young girl coming of age in pre-wae Germany."
"During WW II, a young German woman is separated from her family and imprisoned by the Nazis. After being freed she falls in love with and marries a German officer. When Berlin falls to the Russians, and her husand killed, she flees to America, carrying his unborn child, all the while not giving up hope that she will find her family, tied together by her mother's ring."@en
"A privileged young German woman whose family is torn apart by the rise of the Nazis must survive tragedy and imprisonment until a surprising marriage transcends the horrors of the Reich."@en
"The daughter of an upper-class Berlin family of the 1930s, Ariana witnesses her loved ones and her country torn apart at the hands of the impending war. Her father, aware of the dangerous political climate, helps Ariana's brother escape to Switzerland, but when he returns for Ariana, he is killed as a traitor. Alone and unsure of her father's and brother's fate, Ariana marries a German soldier, only to lose him to the war as well."@en