The Immigrant

About the Book

A boy and a Girl growing up in Post war time in Switzerland. Times are relatively hard, the grown ups having a hard time with the sudden change from War to peace. The two Kids are growing up in two different communities within 10 kilometers, without knowing each other but meets a couple of times by coincident.

They finally fall in love in their teens, nothing can keep them apart anymore. The agitated mother of the girl tries to part the two and sends her daughter away in secret. The boy finds out where she is, follows her and eventually kidnaps her, to live with her in the big city. Finally the army calls for his duty, the times are getting hard for the two, but they find a way to convince the boy's parents that they should get married. The girl's younger sister finds out about the marriage and threatens to destroy them. Finally the two move away, and start to have a great future. Then one day, the young man gets an offer for a job in Canada, his dream country from his earlier time in life. Grabbing the chance by the horn they accept the offer, but once they are in Canada, the offer is not what was promised. In the process they loose all they had saved up, and went thru a few years of hardship.

A great autobiography about love, intrigues, hardship, and even murder.

About the Author

Growing up in postwar Switzerland, the Author considers him-self lucky to grow up when he did and where he did. He was the second youngest child of five. His oldest brother 16 years older, followed by a Sister 14 years and another Sister 12 years older then the Author. One more Brother following the author one year behind. It was a childhood dream of the author to one day move to Canada, but faith decided different at first. The author was and still is very much attached to his wife and their only Daughter, as they were a very close knitted little Family. The author now has two wonderful Grandchildren and is living nearby their daughter.

The Author has written the book because still after more then twenty years, he slips in to times of depression, as lots of times he is missing the closeness of family life he was used to back home. The Author finds that time must go faster on the new continent as nobody seems to have time for each other anymore, or is it just a sign of time?

You decide!

PRESS RELEASE For The Immigrant CONTACT: Donna Messer, (905) 337-9578 dmesser@wechoosecanada.com

Debbie Trenholm, (613) 851-1785 dtrenholm@wechoosecanada.com

NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Immediate Release

February 16th, 2004

What is an immigrant?

According to the dictionary: A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence

Until the end of the War of 1812, Ontario was peopled chiefly from the United States. They were loyalists, frontier farmers, and Quakers and Mennonites from PennsylvaniaÑthe latter forming a nucleus for German settlement in Waterloo County. For the remainder of the 19th century most of the immigrants were Protestants from the British Isles, although both Irish and Scottish Catholics.

Kurt Suter is an immigrant, he comes from Switzerland, and resides in Kitchener, Ontario. He shares his light hearted and poignant story of life-from an immigrantÕs perspective.

As the founders of We Choose Canada, we first met Kurt through our website Ð Kurt was keen to share his story with our audience and he quickly realized the importance of sharing not only his story of coming to Canada, but to document it and publish it as a tool other immigrants could use when finding themselves in a strange land. www.wechoosecanada.com KurtÕs story is on page 14. Kurt is an Ambassador for We Choose Canada, a shining example of a proud Canadian.

Kurt's book "The Immigrant" is a poignant and endearingly funny story of two young people growing up in post World War 2 in Switzerland. As children they played together, as teenagers they fall in love, and grownups they ran off to a life in the big city! They marry and find themselves with an invitation to move to Canada as a job opportunity is offered to Kurt that promises a partnership and a chance to become a Canadian!

He quickly finds that all is not as it seems and recognizes that you can't trust everyone. Kurt feels a fool, and not willing to be taken advantage of he finds himself an immigrant labourer, with a family to support. Hard times are ahead.

Kurt Suter is a first time author. Born in 1949 in Switzerland, responsibilities were thrust on him at an early age. Kurt's education gave him the skills needed to operate and to overlook complex machinery that was critical to the success of many manufacturing companies. In 1982 he moved to Canada, following a job offer and a childhood dream. Once in Canada, he quickly learned not to believe everything he heard. Kurt faced discrimination, name calling, and humiliation in front of his new workforce. Intimidated by management, Kurt fell into deep depression. It was not until three years after his arrival in Canada that he and his family finally were able to settle down and begin building their future. The Immigrant is a story that many will relate to-it's a timely topic. Canada's population is growing and it's coming from cultures around the world Ð we all need to understand what those cultures need in order to be part of our ever growing country.

For more information on The Immigrant or a copy for review Ð please call - Kurt Suter at 519 895 0390 email at makura@golden.net or visit the website at http://canadaimmigrant.freewebspace.com

Kurt's story- immigrated from Switzerland as posted on www.wechoosecanada.com

"I remember it well. The first time I heard about Canada was in grade 6. I was hooked. I made a point to learn and read everything about Canada that I could put my hands on. Canada remained in my dreams, until one day in 1981; I got the offer from a company to work for them in Canada. Without hesitation, I took the opportunity and emigrated from Switzerland.

This was rather a big transition, and like many other immigrants we at first suffered from culture shock. We quickly learned to love Canada, as it is full of possibilities. I find that the people are friendly and open-minded. This experience was so memorable that I have written a book about my journey. Canada provides a home to all who are willing to adapt to a multicultural environment. No matter where you are from, everyone can live in peace here side by side. People from all walks of life can go about their daily tasks with out having to be afraid."

Kurt Suter
165 Green Valley DR. #86
Kitchener Ont.
N2P1K3
Phone: 519 895 0390
Email: makura@golden.net
Website: http://canadaimmigrant.freewebspace.com