W Franklin Lattimore

In 1987, Dietrich Mickler risks everything to lead his family across one of the most heavily fortified borders in the world. One mistake means either torture or death. Yet freedom demands a price no one can foresee. Thirty-nine years later, that price is still being paid. Now living in America, Dietrich is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. As old wounds reopen and long-buried regrets rise to the surface, the family he fought so desperately to save begins to fracture around him.
His children and grandchildren struggle to decide what is best for the man who once sacrificed everything for them, while Dietrich quietly wonders whether the cost of freedom was greater than he imagined. As past and present collide, Borders & Barriers is a gripping story of courage, sacrifice, forgiveness, and the invisible walls that can divide a family long after physical borders have disappeared.