Bibliograph

The girls, an all-American town, a predatory doctor, and the untold story of the gymnasts who brought him down, Abigail Pesta

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The girls, an all-American town, a predatory doctor, and the untold story of the gymnasts who brought him down, Abigail Pesta

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The girls

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1110183210

Responsibility statement

Abigail Pesta

Sub title

an all-American town, a predatory doctor, and the untold story of the gymnasts who brought him down

Summary

Chronicles the story of how serial sexual predator Larry Nassar got away with decades of abuse before a team of brave women banded together to stop himFor 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

Table Of Contents

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

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