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Title: Course Correction

Subtitle: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX

Author: Ginny Gilder

Narrator: Janis Ian

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-20-16

Publisher: Love Hog Productions

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Wild meets The Boys in the Boat, a memoir about the quest for Olympic gold and the triumph of love over fear. Forty years ago, when a young Ginny Gilder stood on the edge of Boston's Charles River and first saw a rowing shell in motion, it was love at first sight. Yearning to escape her family history, which included her mother's emotional unraveling and her father's singular focus on investment acumen as the ultimate trophy, Gilder discovered rowing at a pivotal moment in her life. Having grown up in an era when girls were only beginning to abandon the sidelines as observers and cheerleaders to become competitors and national champions, Gilder harbored no dreams of athletic stardom. Once at Yale, however, her operating assumptions changed nearly overnight when, as a freshman in 1975, she found her way to the university's rowing tanks in the gymnasium's cavernous basement.

From her first strokes as a novice, Gilder found herself in a new world, training with Olympic rowers and participating in the famous Title IX naked protest, which helped define the movement for equality in college sports. Short, asthmatic, and stubborn, Gilder made the team against all odds and for the next 10 years devoted herself to answering a seemingly simple question: how badly do you want to go fast?

Course Correction recounts the physical and psychological barriers Gilder overcame as she transformed into an elite athlete who reached the highest echelon of her sport. Set against the backdrop of unprecedented cultural change, Gilder's story personalizes the impact of Title IX, illustrating the life-changing lessons learned in sports but felt far beyond the athletic arena. Heartfelt and candid, Gilder recounts lessons learned from her journey as it wends its way from her first glimpse of an oar to the Olympic podium in 1984, carries her through family tragedy, strengthens her to accept her true sexual identity, and ultimately frees her to live her life.

Members Reviews:

Every young woman should read this book

I had the pleasure of meeting Ginny Gilder and heard her talk about this book. I also started rowing in my 50's because I was not allowed to enjoy sports as a young woman as all the money went to men's sports pre Title IX. I went to a poor high school and the only sports for the girls was swimming and gymnastics. Ginny shows us not only what it has been like to be a leader in rowing but also in her life. She shares her scars as well as her successes. I thought the book was terrific.

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Gilder's coming of age story is compelling

Janis Ian has a sing-songy way of reading Gilder's story that's annoying at times, but the story itself is interesting and compelling. I found myself wanting to drive places so I could continue to listen in my car!