The life we dreamed of. Bern, 1968: After the death of their father, sisters Marie and Lena are taken away from their sick mother by social services. The girls are separated and placed with families where they must work hard. When the older sister Marie falls in love and becomes pregnant, her child is taken away from her. She manages to fight for a life in freedom, but the thought of her child and her sister never leaves her. Years later, a clue is found that leads to Munich - revealing a story of immeasurable suffering. A moving novel about the "Verdingkinder" of Switzerland, whose fate extends into the present day. Based on historical cases.