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List Price: $22.95Price: $8.40 You Save: $14.55 (63%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.4408352
EAN: 9780385477901
ISBN: 0385477902
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 243
Publication Date: May 01, 1995
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: May 01, 1995
Sales Rank: 873222
Studio: Doubleday
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Editorial Review:
Product 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 eating disorders to psychological trauma. 22,500 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo.
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Having been involved in both gymnastics and figure skating, I read this book, knowing about the reviews yet trying to keep an open mind about the content. Granted, I trained in gymnastics not in the US or eastern Europe, so this book did not resonante with me in terms of the way we were trained. Even though the stories of US gymnasts Julissa Gomez and Christy Heinrich in particular are disturbing, the book is written in a very sensationalist manner and focuses on the negative aspects of competing ... Read More
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as a mother to a 5 year old gymnast i was shocked to find out 5 year old elite gymnasts spending 5 hours a day in the gym! this is an eye opener. i would not want my daughter to be an olympian after reading this book! i read the whole thing in one day. it was a real page turner!!
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This was a fascinating, and I felt, a well-researched book. I've always felt that the term "women's gymnastics" was a drastic misnoner: it should be changed to "girls' gymnastics". These are not adult women competing - they are children. It points out the inherent sexism still at work. Men's gymnastics events feature adult males competing; women's gymnastics events feature young girls.
This is a book that should be read by every girl considering a career in gymnastics and by every parent ... Read More
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A fascinating account of the stressful lives the lithe young and talented attletes endure. Very well written and illuminating.
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I got this book years ago. As the mother of a competitive ice skater I WAS INTERESTED in reading about skaters and gymnasts at the elete level. I was so shocked to read how our national gymastics team was trained. The story of Julissa Gomez was heart-breaking to read. No child deserves that. If any parent is thinking of enrolling their daughter in gymnastics I would highly recomend this book.
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