Joan Ryan SIGNED Little Girls In Pretty Boxes Breaking Gymnasts Skaters 1st Ed

Description: Joan Ryan SIGNED Little Girls In Pretty Boxes Breaking Gymnasts Skaters 1st EdUp for bids is this first edition hardcover version of Little Girls In Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters, which is written AND signed by Joan Ryan and is in VERY GOOD condition (NOT an ex-library book, NO Reminder marks; NO punch holes)."The female gymnast's career is a race against time and nature," writes San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Ryan, and the same appears to be true of world-class female figure skaters. In both sports, the contemporary ideal is a girl with a boy's body: sans breasts and hips. To achieve this "ideal," the athletes overtrain at a time when their skeletal development is supposed to be the greatest, suffering injuries to vertebrae, arms and legs at the same time that they are constantly being ordered to lose weight. The result: anorexia and bulimia. This expose, which absolves the exploited trainees of most blame?though some are apparently monomaniacal about becoming Mary Lou Rettons or Dorothy Hamills?is scathing on the subjects of parents, coaches, judges, the U.S. Gymnastic Federation and the U.S. Figure Skating Association. Ryan concludes that females aged 13 to 18 are not only exploited but abused. Such a powerful plea for reform may have some results.

Price: 21.83 USD

Location: South Lyon, Michigan

End Time: 2025-01-24T13:21:52.000Z

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