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—John Chaney, Hall of Fame college basketball coach


At a time when heroes are too rare, C. Vivian Stringer sets a shining example. She has time and again shown character, fortitude, and heart, both on and off the hardwood, and in the face of unbearable loss. In Standing Tall, she shares her remarkable life story, inspiring us to find this fortitude within ourselves.

“Work hard, and don’t look for excuses,” 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—her staunchest supporter, the father of her children, and the love of her life—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—including her bout with cancer, shared here for the first time—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. It will resonate long after the last page.]]> 1042830 4.18 72 28 19943 3.88 97 35 2008 1163763 1579548970 9781579548971 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181534329m/1163763.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181534329s/1163763.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1163763.Why_Men_Never_Remember_and_Women_Never_Forget 3.10 21 19944 3.41 44 13 19943 3.88 97 35 2005 243134 1594863172 9781594863172 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173061830m/243134.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173061830s/243134.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243134.Win_the_War_Within_The_Eating_Plan_That_s_Clinically_Proven_to_Fight_Inflamation_The_Hidden_Cause_of_Weight_Gain_and_Chronic_Disease 4.00 3 19943 3.88 97 35 2006 870791 0743269640 9780743269643 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179071429m/870791.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179071429s/870791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/870791.Inflammation_Nation_The_First_Clinically_Proven_Eating_Plan_to_End_Our_Nation_s_Secret_Epidemic 1.50 2 449125 2.67 3 0 19943 3.88 97 35 2005 1272949 159486750X 9781594867507 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182421769m/1272949.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182421769s/1272949.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1272949.Gane_la_Guerra_Interna_El_plan_alimenticio_que_combate_la_imflamacion_la_causa_oculta_de_la_obesidad_y_las_enfermedades_cronicas 0.0 0 449125 2.67 3 0 19943 3.88 97 35 2007 901935 1579548008 9781579548001 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179305371m/901935.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179305371s/901935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/901935.Before_the_Heart_Attacks_A_Revolutionary_Approach_to_Detecting_Preventing_and_Even_Reversing_Heart_Disease 0.0 0 --Barbara Mackoff]]> 462240 0.0 0 0 19943 3.88 97 35 2003 6984027 0743295919 9780743295918 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255616335m/6984027.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255616335s/6984027.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6984027-inflammation-nation 0.0 0 449124 3.44 9 1 19943 3.88 97 35 2006 7326036 0446567027 9780446567022 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7326036-training-for-life 0.0 0 259758 0.0 0 1 19943 3.88 97 35 2009 463330 044658102X 9780446581028 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174965253m/463330.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174965253s/463330.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/463330.Training_for_Life_Walk_Your_Way_to_Fitness_and_Weight_Loss_in_14_Days 0.0 0 259758 0.0 0 1 19943 3.88 97 35 2007 962506 0425191125 9780425191125 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179845372m/962506.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179845372s/962506.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/962506.Toned_Arms_in_Ten_Days 0.0 0 84571 4.00 5 2 19943 3.88 97 35 2003 1366705 8479536179 9788479536176 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1366705.Por_Que_Los_Hombres_Nunca_Recuerdan_y_Las_Mujeres_Nunca_Olvidan 0.0 0 19944 3.41 44 13 19943 3.88 97 35 2006