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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes : the Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters by Ryan, Joan, 1959- author; Dantzscher, Jamie, 1982- writer of foreword is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Welcome to the world of women's gymnastics and figure skating--the real world that happens away from the cameras, at the training camps and in the private lives of these talented teenage competitors. From starvation diets and debilitating injuries to the brutal tactics of tyrannical gymnastics guru Béla Károlyi, LITTLE GIRLS IN PRETTY BOXES portrays the horrors endured by girls at the hands of their coaches and sometimes their own families--and is now updated with a new introduction and foreword that address the sexual abuse scandal perpetrated by USA Gymnastics national team doctor, Larry Nassar. This groundbreaking book shows how a longstanding culture of abuse made young gymnasts perfect targets for a sexual predator, and continues to plead for sanity, safety, and an end to our national obsession: winning at any cost

Author

Ryan, Joan, 1959- author; Dantzscher, Jamie, 1982- writer of foreword

Publisher

null

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781538747780

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences

Rating

3.85 / 5 (114 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14