A review by mcsangel2
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters by Joan Ryan

3.0

Really hard to read...like literally, some of the descriptions of the injuries were really graphic. And sadly, the only thing that has changed in the 27 years since this book came out is 1) skating has changed their judging system from 6.0 to IJS, and 2) Gymnasts now have to be at least 16 to compete at the Olympics. (And as I write this, skating is going through another Olympic scandal, so we can expect them to raise the age to 16 going forward as well).