Little Girls in Pretty Boxes by Joan Ryan, Joan Ryan
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

Joan Ryan, Joan Ryan

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

Joan Ryan, Joan Ryan

243 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction sports emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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A sports reporter investigates the training of girls as professional gymnasts and figure skaters, arguing that the pressure to succeed and to look beautiful results in mental and physical harm, from eating disorders to psychological trauma.

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