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Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph | 
 enlarge | Authors: C. Vivian Stringer, Laura Tucker
Creators: Karen Chilton, Vivian Stringer
Publisher: RH Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 384002
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0739329111
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.323092
EAN: 9780739329115
ASIN: 0739329111
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Very quick shipping. Ships from CA. New and sealed. In business since 1979!
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Product Description
“Work hard, and don’t look for excuses,” C. Vivian Stringer’s parents told her, “and you can achieve anything.” But her faith and perseverance would be tested many times. A gifted athlete, she had to fight for a place on an all-white cheerleading squad in the sixties. In 1981, just as her coaching career was taking off, her fourteen-month-old daughter, Nina, was stricken with spinal meningitis. Nina would never walk or talk again. Still grieving, Stringer brought a small, poor, historically black college to the national championships–a triumph hailed as “Hoosiers with an all-female cast.” In 1991, her husband, Bill fell dead of a sudden heart attack, but that same year, she led yet another young team to the Final Four. Through these dark times and others, Stringer has carried her burdens with grace. Given her history, it was no surprise that she led her team to respond to Don Imus’s slurs with dignity and courage.
Standing Tall is a story of quiet strength in the face of punishing odds. Above all, it is an extraordinary love story–love for the game, for the players she has coached, for her close-knit family, and for the husband she lost far too soon.
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Inspiration--Better than a Sermon May 14, 2008
Nothing gives inspiration better than a life-lived story. Vivian Stringer and Lauren Tucker presented a view of the life of a woman who knows how to to get above flooding waters of trouble and tragedy in life. I can not tell you how many times in reading the chapters, I was brought to tears. So many things that she has gone through in life just hits home where your heart is. Things that many of us bury in minds just to move on are stirred and brought to the surface when Vivian tells her story. You can understand the hurt and bewilderment that she feels. She makes it plain. You can remember going through racial inequality in life and learning how to cope, but the feelings of the pain momentarily come back when this story is told. Best of all you remember how you got over it. Best of all to you Viv and love to your family.
Two thumbs up! May 9, 2008
Great book! Great to inspire young adults. Service was speedy and the book arrived on time.
Don't judge until you have the whole story May 9, 2008
I am a big college basketball fan,I never really liked Vivian Stringer until I read this book. She is a proud and strong women who has been through many tragedies and victories. This book explains the women behind the women. I thought it was excellent. A must read.
GREAT!! April 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An absolutely outstanding book about a remarkable woman. A must read for anyone who follows Rutgers' womens basketball and/or coaches ANY sport!
Outstanding! April 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have always admired Coach Stringer. Her book opened up a wide new respect for the person, the woman, the coach. She is absolutely incredible and her book is written in such a way to hold your attention through to the end. Her book left me breathless and in total awe.
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