This collection of postcards from Dutch immigrants to their homeland helps preserve and bring to light the previously untold stories of people from various walks of life that ventured to Canada from the Netherlands in the late 1800s and early 1900s. These mini-diaries are historically and socially significant as tangible evidence of the legacy of Dutch immigrants and are seldom found in the official records and statistics that serve as the main source of information about the broader immigrant experience. The postcards include snippets of immigrants' working lives, celebrations of milestones and poignant longing for a few words from home. These personal notes reveal the aspects of their everyday experiences in the new country that they share with those they left behind.

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Karen Green is a successfully published writer who has had her poetry, essays, and fiction featured in Room Magazine, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Globe and Mail, and more. She has also contributed to Juno-winning and platinum-selling albums during her tenure as a senior copywriter. She is the author of two young reader books (Fisher Price).

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