Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

Name: Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
Rating: 4.833333492279053 (6 reviews)

Joan Ryan

Apr 2013 · Sold by Doubleday

4.8

6 reviews

Ebook

256

Pages

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About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

4.8

6 reviews

Leslie G

August 27, 2018

Gymnastics fan or not, this is a very moving, well written, well researched, and fantastic book. I could not put it down.

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Heather Katz

April 30, 2014

Great book for future gymnast

About the author

Joan Ryan is an award-winning journalist and author. She was a pioneer in sports journalism, becoming one of the first female sports columnists in the country. Her first book, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters was named one of the Top 100 Sports Books of All Time by Sports Illustrated.

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