02172cam a2200373 i 4500 391347580 TxAuBib 20190905120000.0 190726s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781580058803 1580058809 (OCoLC)1110183210 TxAuBib rda Pesta, Abigail,. The girls [ANF] : an all-American town, a predatory doctor, and the untold story of the gymnasts who brought him down / Abigail Pesta. First edition. New York : Seal Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, 2019. ℗2019. xviii, 220 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220.) 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. 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 him. 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. 20190905. Nassar, Larry. Child sexual abuse United States. Child molesters United States. Sex crimes United States. Sexual abuse victims United States. TXGPL