When Luba Leaves Home: Stories

by Irene Zabytko

Luba lives with her parents in a Chicago neighborhood full of others like themselves-immigrants from Ukraine. Her parents want only two things: to enjoy a new life in America and to hold on to the old... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565123328
• ISBN13: 9781565123328
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

immigrant life in America

I love the vitality of the stories of the DP -- Displaced People -- from the Ukraine who brought from the "Old Country", like family heirlooms, their old angers & fears, to settle into the "promised land". One of the taunts of those who succeed to those whiners who are failing is that if they don't like it here, go back! It is only those who are brash or brave enough to grab the opportunities that come their way & make new lives for themselves, who rise above the self-pity, inertia & envy, & by fair means or foul, set about tasting the American Dream.Rebeccasreads recommends these undiluted immigrant life stories & the ways of new Americans. Irene Zabytko's WHEN LUBA LEAVES HOME will feel familiar, & give you much to think about.