# Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

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- Book: [Little Girls in Pretty Boxes](https://www.bookquiver.com/joan-ryan/little-girls-in-pretty-boxes) ([Little Girls in Pretty Boxes.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/joan-ryan/little-girls-in-pretty-boxes.md))
- Authors: [Joan Ryan](https://www.bookquiver.com/joan-ryan)
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-0782-855-2
- Published: 2013-04-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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...