and then women who saw their olympic dream come true here, you know, and millie and billy moore, the coach coach of the team and people like vick and others that were just in the community and what it meant to have the olympic tryouts, like all of a sudden here on your in your hometown, your campus, and, you know, you of the olympics, it's such a big international bright light type of stage. but to have the real proving ground happen on small campus in the middle of missouri created a really interesting opportunity to tell the stories of this group of people that came together to try to make something happen that had never been done before in history. and i think that's that's very interesting. and, you know when we went on our tour, we got to see the place where they practice and that was a special moment for me. and i'm sure it's special for you as well, considering it was your favorite chapter. what if some of the surprising or exciting reactions that you've gotten so far about your book? so it came out a couple of weeks ago and that the first event that i did was at springfield i

. >>> this morning, the basketball world is mourning the loss of basketball pioneer billie moore. women's olympic team in 1976. leading team usa to an unexpected silver. moore was also a member of the naismith memorial basketball hall of fame and the first coach to win a national championship at two different schools. cal state fullerton in 1970 and ucla in 1978. billie moore was 79 years old. >> terrific career. >> yeah. >>> coming up on our "gma morning menu," tyler perry's confession. he's getting personal. sharing his powerful message. >>> prince harry saying stress contributed to meghan's miscarriage. what we know about stress and miscarriage. dr. ashton is here live. >>> and our "emily in paris" week keeps going. stars camille razat and lucien laviscount joining us live. there they are and ginger is upstairs. what's cooking? >>> it is my turn for 12 days of christmas cookies. i have tieghan gerard with me creating a twist on, you guessed it. ginger cookies. it's going to get sweet and spicy right here on "gma." ♪ dealdash.com the fair and honest bidding site. this kitchenaid