Abigail Pesta is an award-winning journalist and author who has lived and worked around the world, from London to Hong Kong. She is the coauthor of How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child, which was named among the best books of 2017 by the New York Public Library, the Chicago Public Library, and many others. Her investigative and feature reporting has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, NBC News, Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, Marie Claire, The Atlantic, Newsweek, and many others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
"The Girls takes a headline-grabbing case and makes it human, which
is the true crime genre at its best."--Paste
"Abigail Pesta's The Girls is a riveting, angering,
un-put-down-able and ultimately triumphant story. With new
information at every turn, this impeccably reported, eloquent
narrative provides stunning insights into the saga of the most
prolific sexual predator in sports history. An unforgettable book,
which only a woman could write with the nuance, depth, and
compassion it deserves."--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;
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Sorority
"Abigail Pesta's new book lends an essential platform to the voices
of the brave women who brought down predator Larry Nassar. We must
continue to listen to these women and their stories. Now, we can do
just that, thanks to Ms. Pesta's excellent reporting."--Gloria
Steinem
"Deeply personal, powerful, and filled with stunning new insights
into the Nassar scandal, this gripping narrative grabs you by the
heart and leaves you cheering for these courageous women who felled
a beast."--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px
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Type, author of Love Rules, and director of Snap
"In interviews with 25 survivors -- including the likely first
victim and the last -- journalist Abigail Pesta documents how
[Larry Nassar] honed his manipulation skills to become the most
prolific predator in sports history."--Marie Claire
"In the #MeToo era, The Girls is a powerful addition to the
nationwide conversations and reckonings happening around sexual
abuse, harassment, and violence."--Ms. Magazine
"Journalist Abigail Pesta reveals a shocking and ultimately
inspiring chronicle of what Nassar's survivors endured, and how a
decades-long fight to be heard was finally won."--Salon
"Like no one else writing today, Abigail Pesta penetrates deep into
the anguish of people, particularly women, who are caught in
seemingly hopeless situations, when nobody will listen to them. In
The Girls, Pesta details the incredible untold stories of how
dozens of teenage gymnasts, after decades of abuse by a trusted
doctor, finally break through his small army of powerful protectors
and send him to jail for at least one hundred years."--Paul
Steiger, former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and
founding editor of ProPublica
"Pesta has born witness to unfathomable pain, staggering
complicity, and abuse hidden in plain sight. Here is a nightmare in
two acts: an unremittingly cruel coach and a pedophilic osteopath
who exploit the militant obedience demanded in an ultra-competitive
environment to traumatize hundreds of young women and girls. With
journalistic verve, Pesta chronicles the unstoppable force of the
survivors' voices swelling into a battle cry."--Tina Brown, founder
and CEO of Tina Brown Live Media/Women in the World
"Pesta's compassionate in-depth reporting is startling in its
entirety and candor and should be read by coaches, counselors,
therapists, law enforcement officers, sports writers, parents of
young athletes and athletes, university officials and especially
university presidents.... Her writing is straightforward and
compelling without straying into sensationalism."--Lansing City
Pulse
"Pesta's empathy for these girls and women is palpable, and
powerful. ... The book has the effect of a chorus of righteous
anger."--Los Angeles Times
"The damage to these young women has been immeasurable ... but they
have reclaimed control of their lives from a predator who is
destined to die in prison. The Girls is their story of
courage."--New York Journal of Books
"This book is one that every single person who works in sport
should read."--Female Coaching Network
"This is a courageous, courageous book. ... The Girls is probably
the most thorough account of this case."--Dr. Phil
"This may be the most important sports title of the year."--Library
Journal (starred review)
"Through interviews that reveal the experiences of many victims --
from the first known survivor to the last -- Pesta tells a story of
betrayal and, ultimately, resilience among the abused in rebuilding
their lives."--Notre Dame Magazine
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