By Joan Ryan (2018)
From Amazon.com: “WITH A
NEW FOREWORD BY FORMER OLYMPIC GYMNAST JAMIE DANTZSCHER
Welcome to the world of women’s gymnastics and figure skating–the realworld
that happens away from the cameras, at the training camps and in the private
lives of these talented teenage competitors. From starvation diets and
debilitating injuries to the brutal tactics of tyrannical gymnastics guru Béla
Károlyi, LITTLE GIRLS IN PRETTY BOXES portrays the horrors endured by girls at
the hands of their coaches and sometimes their own families–and is now updated
with a new introduction and foreword that address the sexual abuse scandal
perpetrated by USA Gymnastics national team doctor, Larry Nassar. This
groundbreaking book shows how a longstanding culture of abuse made young
gymnasts perfect targets for a sexual predator, and continues to plead for
sanity, safety, and an end to our national obsession: winning at any cost.”