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    Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters
    Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters
    Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters
    Audiobook8 hours

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

    Written by Joan Ryan

    Narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya

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    About this audiobook

    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 Bela 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 9, 2021
    ISBN9781705254769
    Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters

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      A critical view the inner workings of an olympic gymnast and figure skating world and its effect on the young talented girls who risk their lives and childhood for olympic dream.