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(ISBN: 0755328116, ISBN-13: 9780755328116)

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Title: Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters
Author: Joan Ryan
ISBN: 0704344882
EAN: 9780704344884
320 Pages
Publisher: Women's Press Ltd,The
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 1996-07-11

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Published to coincide with the Olympic Games in Atlanta, an expose of the punishing training schedules, the pressure to perform, the severe and debilitating injuries and the routine, legal and even celebrated abuse of young women which, Ryan asserts, lie at the heart of international gymnastics and figure skating.

2004-10-31 Apalling

I cannot believe that children should be subjected to such horror! These are CHILDREN, not adults in the book who are forced to endure insults, eating disorders and in some cases sexual abuse. This book focuses on young Gymnasts and, to some extent, Figure skaters who are mistreated and abused by not only coaches but selfish parents who just want fame and glory for themselves at whatever cost. I was apalled at the manner of coaches like Karolyi, who abused his Gymnasts. This book gives you the behind the scenes information of the Gymnasts we see at the Olympics. We don't usually notice what really goes on in the world of Gymnastics, because the Gymnasts seem so little and adorable. We therefore don't look very closely. This book certainly changes your view of Gymnastics!