Book details

  • Genre:biography & autobiography
  • Sub-genre:Personal Memoirs
  • Language:English
  • Pages:248
  • eBook ISBN:9798317803001
  • Paperback ISBN:9798986368221

Looking Up at the World

Growing up Greek in New York City in the 1950s and 1960s

By Nicholas C. Kourabas

Overview

A memoir about Nicks Kourabas's first 18 years of life. It is a book of firsts: first days of school, first crush, first kiss, first job, and many other new experiences for a young Greek-American kid living in New York City. There are moments of elation, embarrassment, fear, and wonder as Nick finds his place among his family, friends, and within the world. 

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Description

A memoir about Nick Kourabas's, (aka "Nicky"), first 18 years of life. We follow young Nicky as he ventures from the comfort of his loving family and home into encounters with the larger, sometimes scary, funny and confounding world. Follow him through Greek School, the Greek Orthodox church, playing New York City street games and working in his dad's business and many other events both large and small.  These stories unfold against the backdrop of some major historical events, such as the assassination of JFK and the arrival of The Beatles. Nick battles his own thoughts and prejudices as we watch him learn about the large world before him and eventually reach "eye level" with it.

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About The Author

Nick Kourabas is a retired high school English teacher and school counselor, whose career in education spanned over four decades. A storyteller for anyone who will listen, Nick believes that every person on the planet has a story to tell and "Looking Up at the World" is his second book dealing with that story. His first memoir, "A Teaching Life", published in 2022, told of his professional career. "Looking Up..." concerns itself with Nick's early life, growing up in New York City. Nick and his wife, Deborah, live in Scituate Massachusetts, in order to be closer to their children, granddaughter and granddogs. Nick is a pretty good bowler, a terrible golfer and loves the seaside living that Scituate has to offer.
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