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

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

Joan Ryan

269 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction feminism sports informative medium-paced
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From starvation diets and debilitating injuries to the brutal tactics of tyrannical gymnastics guru Bela Karolyi, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes portrays the horrors endured by girls at the hands of their coaches and sometimes their own families. An...

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informative: 80%

dark: 52%

challenging: 50%

sad: 47%

emotional: 43%

reflective: 41%

tense: 21%

inspiring: 6%

adventurous: 4%

hopeful: 4%


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