Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters
Author
Joan Ryan
Country
United States
Language
English
Subject
Sports--Moral and ethical aspects--United States
Genre
non-fiction
Publisher
Doubleday Books
Publication date
1995
Pages
243 (first edition)
ISBN
9780385477901
OCLC
479803474
Dewey Decimal
796.44/0835/2
LC Class
GV464 .R93 1995
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters is a 1995 nonfiction book by San Francisco Chronicle sports writer Joan Ryan detailing the difficult training regimens endured by young girls in competitive sports such as gymnastics and figure skating, published by Doubleday Books. Ryan's material was largely derived from personal interviews with nearly 100 former gymnasts and figure skaters as well as trainers, sports psychologists, physiologists, and other experts, focusing on the physical and emotional hardships young girls endured for the sake of Olympic glory.
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