Download or read book Cruel Paradise: Life Stories of Dutch Emigrants written by Hylke Speerstra and published by Mokeham Publishing Incorporated. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cruel Paradise deftly weaves together the firsthand stories of men and women who emigrated from the Netherlands throughout the twentieth century. Hylke Speerstra interviewed transplanted Netherlanders in Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa for this book, which vividly recounts the trials and successes of these emigrants.