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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters - Hardcover
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. 22,500 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo.
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One of Sports Illustrated's "Top 100 Sports Books of All Time"
One of Guardian (UK)'s "Top 50 Sports Books of All Time"
"Scathing...profoundly important."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Stunning and frightening."--John Feinstein, New York Times bestselling author of A Good Walk Spoiled and The First Major
"Confirms your worst suspicions about 15-year-old gymnasts in 10-year-old bodies and the terrible price they pay, regardless of success."--Phil Mushnick, New York Post
"This book will open the eyes of every girl and parent with dreams of the Olympics, and it will change forever the way America looks at two of its most beloved sports."--Billie Jean King
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One of Guardian (UK)'s "Top 50 Sports Books of All Time"
"Scathing...profoundly important."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Stunning and frightening."--John Feinstein, New York Times bestselling author of A Good Walk Spoiled and The First Major
"Confirms your worst suspicions about 15-year-old gymnasts in 10-year-old bodies and the terrible price they pay, regardless of success."--Phil Mushnick, New York Post
"This book will open the eyes of every girl and parent with dreams of the Olympics, and it will change forever the way America looks at two of its most beloved sports."--Billie Jean King
Joan Ryan is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0385477902
- ISBN 13 9780385477901
- BindingHardcover
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