The girls an all-American town, a predatory doctor, and the untold story of the gymnasts who brought him down
For decades, in a small-town gym in Michigan, Larry Nassar honed his manipulations on generations of aspiring gymnasts. Kids from the neighborhood. Girls with hopes of a college scholarship. Athletes and parents with a dream. Pesta describes Nassar's increasingly bold predations through the years, r...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Pesta, Abigail, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The girls : |b an all-American town, a predatory doctor, and the untold story of the gymnasts who brought him down / |c Abigail Pesta. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Seal Press, |c 2019. | |
| 300 | |a xviii, 220 pages ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The dream -- The town -- How it began -- The coach -- Goodbye to all that -- The disbelieved -- The scream -- The seduction -- How kids think -- The club -- The con -- The final act -- An epic fail -- The board -- The poker game -- Justice -- The memory -- Freedom -- Facing the truth -- The family -- The teen warriors -- The courtroom -- The army of survivors. | |
| 520 | |a For decades, in a small-town gym in Michigan, Larry Nassar honed his manipulations on generations of aspiring gymnasts. Kids from the neighborhood. Girls with hopes of a college scholarship. Athletes and parents with a dream. Pesta describes Nassar's increasingly bold predations through the years, recounts their warning calls unheeded, and demonstrates their resiliency in the face of a nightmare. -- adapted from jacket | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Nassar, Larry. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Child sexual abuse |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Child molesters |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sex crimes |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sexual abuse victims |z United States. | |
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