Todo lo que ganamos cuando lo perdimos todo

Synopsis of Todo lo que ganamos cuando lo perdimos todo

In 1979, acclaimed soccer player Lutz Eigendorf gives up everything: his wife, his daughter, his job, and his homeland, communist Germany, in search of freedom. His escape is a blow to the socialist system and Erich Mielke, head of the Stasi. Eigendorf tries to reunite his family west of the wall, but the world's most effective secret service subjects his family to endless interrogations and harassment. Did Eigendorf know that his escape put his life and his family's at risk? Gabi, torn between love and hate for her husband, writes him letters that he never receives. Meanwhile, Eigendorf struggles to succeed in Western football and achieve the dream of being happy with his family. This is the exciting story of a man who signed his death sentence with the intention of not fulfilling it. A novel about the borders that divide the world and those that break the heart.