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

From starvation diets and debilitating injuries to the brutal tactics of tyrannical gymnastics guru Bela Karolyi, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes portrays the horrors endured by girls at the hands of the…

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