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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters - Softcover

Ryan, Joan

 
9780446676823: Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0446676829 ISBN 13: 9780446676823
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

From starvation diets and debilitating injuries to the brutal tactics of tyrannical gymnastics guru Bela Karolyi, "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes" portrays the horrors endured by girls at the hands of their coaches and sometimes their own families. An acclaimed expose that has already helped reform Olympic sports -- now updated to reflect the latest developments in women's gymnastics and figure skating -- it continues to plead for sanity, safety, and an end to our national obsession: winning at any cost.

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Review

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

About the Author

Joan Ryan is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0446676829
ISBN 13 
9780446676823
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288