Standing Tall
A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
by C. Vivian Stringer and Laura Tucker

Description:

Read by Karen Chilton  and Vivian Stringer

“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.

About the Author

C. VIVIAN STRINGER is the head coach of the Rutgers University women’s basketball team. A member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, she has been named National Coach of the Year three times by her peers. She was formerly the head coach of the University of Iowa women’s basketball team and  the Cheyney State women’s basketball team. She was also the assistant coach for the gold medal—winning 2004 U.S. Olympic team.

Standing Tall
A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
by C. Vivian Stringer and Laura Tucker

ISBN: 9780739329115
ISBN-10: 0739329111
Publisher: Random House Audio
Publication Date: 2008
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
Book Type: New

This book is also available in a hardcover edition: Standing Tall [HC]