Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

by Joan Ryan

Overview

A sports reporter investigates the training of girls as professional gymnasts and figure skaters, arguing that the pressure to succeed and to look beautiful results in mental and physical harm, from eating disorders to psychological trauma.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307828552
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/03/2013
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	439,378
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Joan Ryan is an award-winning journalist and author. She was a pioneer in sports journalism, becoming one of the first female sports columnists in the country. Her first book, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters was named one of the Top 100 Sports Books of All Time by Sports Illustrated.