The Home Team: Inspiring Story of Mothers, Daughters & American Champions - Perfect for Book Clubs, Mother-Daughter Bonding & Sports Motivation

Six feet four, All-American, Rebecca Lobo has become one of our country's most prominent ambassadors for women's sports. Playing center for the USA Basketball National Team, Lobo is the most recognized and celebrated talent women's basketball has ever seen.Five feet eleven, All-American Mother, RuthAnn Lobo is the woman who taught Rebecca that she could be a champion. A guidance counselor and educator, RuthAnn raised her daughter to envision new options without losing sight of old values. In this mother-daughter autobiography, Rebecca and RuthAnn remind us that family and faith are still at the heart of our lives.In alternating chapters, Rebecca and RuthAnn reflect on the joys and sufferings of growing up female. Rebecca shows us a tomboy, heads taller than schoolmates, playing basketball alone in her family driveway. RuthAnn recalls her own childhood and coming-of-age, reflecting on the differences between growing up female now and then.In December of 1994, Rebecca had just led her team to a crucial, nationally televised win over the University of Virginia. She wept openly on camera, but they were not tears of joy - she had just been told her mother had breast cancer. Rebecca writes poignantly about her fear of losing her mother and about the enormous strength her mother's courage gave her. RuthAnn, in turn, relates her own fear of dying, and the rediscovery and renewal of her faith in God.