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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
- Author
- Joan Ryan
- Narrator
- Jennifer Jill Araya
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 9 February 2021
- Run Time
- 8 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Joan Ryan
- Narrator
- Jennifer Jill Araya
- Duration
- 8 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 February 2021
- ISBN
- 9781705254769
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Psychology, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Coping with eating disorders, Coping with body image issues, Psychology, Society and culture: general, Sport: general, Ice-skating, Figure skating, Gender studies: women and girls, Gymnastics
Synopsis
Welcome to the world of women's gymnastics and figure skating—the real world that happens away from the cameras, at the training camps and in the private lives of these talented teenage competitors. From starvation diets and debilitating injuries to the brutal tactics of tyrannical gymnastics guru Béla Károlyi, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes portrays the horrors endured by girls at the hands of their coaches and sometimes their own families—and is now updated with a new introduction and foreword that address the sexual abuse scandal perpetrated by USA Gymnastics national team doctor, Larry Nassar. This groundbreaking book shows how a longstanding culture of abuse made young gymnasts perfect targets for a sexual predator, and continues to plead for sanity, safety, and an end to our national obsession: winning at any cost.
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