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

by Joan Ryan

ISBN 0385477902 / 9780385477901 / 0-385-47790-2
Publisher Doubleday Publishing
Language English
Edition Hardcover
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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. 22,500 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. [via]