Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters Ryan JoanPaperback
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters Ryan JoanPaperback Welcome to the world of women's gymnastics and figure skating--the real world that…
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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters Ryan JoanPaperback
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. 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 From starvation diets and debilitating injuries to the brutal tactics of tyrannical gymnastics guru B la K rolyi, 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.