Little girls in pretty boxes
Joan Ryan1995

A 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.
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.

Titre original : Little girls in pretty boxes : The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters (1995)