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

Ryan, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0704344882 ISBN 13: 9780704344884

Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Published to coincide with the Olympic Games in Atlanta, an expose of the punishing training schedules, the pressure to perform, the severe and debilitating injuries and the routine, legal and even celebrated abuse of young women which, Ryan asserts, lie at the heart of international gymnastics and figure skating.

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0704344882
• ISBN 13: 9780704344884
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320