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| Author | Joan Ryan |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Sports--Moral and ethical aspects--United States |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Publisher | Doubleday Books |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 243 (first edition) |
| ISBN | 9780385477901 |
| OCLC | 479803474 |
| 796.44/0835/2 | |
| LC Class | GV464 .R93 1995 |
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters is a 1995 nonfiction book by San Francisco Chronicle sports writer Joan Ryan detailing the difficult training regimens endured by young girls in competitive sports such as gymnastics and figure skating, published by Doubleday Books. Ryan's material was largely derived from personal interviews with nearly 100 former gymnasts and figure skaters as well as trainers, sports psychologists, physiologists, and other experts, focusing on the physical and emotional hardships young girls endured for the sake of Olympic glory.