Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Title Gymnasts and Figure Skaters by Joan Ryan

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

Joan Ryan

256 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction feminism sports informative medium-paced

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In this disturbing book, sports columnist Ryan exposes the tarnish beneath Olympic gold as she reveals heartbreaking stories of the physical and psychological abuse suffered by countless young girls driven to achieve Olympic medals. In harrowing d...

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