Cruel Paradise Format:Paperback Only children were assigned to

Only children were assigned to this particular work

People began going to the countryside to try and barter their cherished possessions for any type of food

talented artists and entrepreneurs who made their mark on Dutch history

is about the hardships and fears of living through war and occupation

Cruel Paradise Format:Paperback Only children were assigned toCruel Paradise deftly weaves together the firsthand stories of men and women who emigrated from the Netherlands throughout the twentieth century. A skilled stylist with an unassuming presence, Hylke Speerstra brings readers along as he circles the globe interviewing transplanted Netherlanders in the United States, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. Common themes of personal identity and family, uprootedness and loss, nostalgia and