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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters

Penned By Joan Ryan
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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters

Penned By Joan Ryan
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From starvation diets and debilitating injuries to the brutal tactics of tyrannical gymnastics guru Bela Karolyi, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes portrays the horrors endured by girls at the hands of their coaches and sometimes their own families. An acclaimed expose that has already helped reform Olympic sports—now updated to reflect the latest developments in women's gymnastics and figure skating—it continues to plead for sanity, safety, and an end to our national obsession: winning at any cost.

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Length 269 Pages
Language Eng
Released 1995
Identifier (ISBN) 76355
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Joan Ryan writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. Joan Ryan lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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