Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figu

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 B la K rolyi, <i>Little Girls in Pretty Boxes</i> 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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Joan Ryan<br><b>Publisher:</b> Grand Central Publishing<br><b>Published:</b> 07/17/2018<br><b>Pages:</b> 304<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781538747780<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Joan Ryan</b> is an award-winning journalist and the author of four books. Her groundbreaking book <i>Little Girls in Pretty Boxes</i> was named one of the Top 100 Sports Books of All Time by Sports Illustrated and one of the Top 50 Sports Books of All Time by the <i>Guardian</i>. Throughout her career, Ryan has been awarded thirteen Associated Press Sports Edit