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

Joan Ryan

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Exposing the punishing training schedules and the pressure to perform, often in the face of severe and debilitating injuries, Ryan reveals the routine, legal abuse of young women that lies at the heart of international gymnastics and figure skating.

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