Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
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.
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.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385477901 (0385477902)
Publish date: May 1st 1995
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 243
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
Adult,
Feminism,
Education,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Womens,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Figure Skating
This book could have had so much promise, discussing the inside story of being a female gymnast and/or figure skater, but unfortunately the negatively of the author overwhelms anything positive whatsoever. Yes, there are obsessed parents and abusive coaches. Yes, many of the athletes have or have ha...
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