Mom, I'll Stop Crying, If You Stop Crying

About the Book

Valeri displayed a great zest for life. Putting aside constant setbacks, she determinedly pursued the happiness life had to offer. Val's display of love, affection, and vitality for life touched the lives of all who knew her.

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"Valeri accepted her fate with internal strength, fortitude and dignity."

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"It's the natural order of things for parents to precede their children in death. The opposite is life's greatest tragedy. Bob Samaras lets us feel that intensely personal loss in a heart-rendering story of pain and courage and love."

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"...A love affair with life in defiance of death."

-Dr. John Telford, Observer & Eccentric Newspapers and the Oakland (Michigan) Press

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"A warm and moving memoir; a testament to the triumph and durability of love."

-Neal Shine, Detroit Free Press

About the Author

Dr. Robert Samaras is an author of three basketball books published by Prentice-Hall. One is the best seller Blitz Basketball. Dr. Samaras is a former high school counselor and baseball and basketball coach. He has been an associate professor at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, for twenty-one years.