SOLVED. blond girl raised by (adoptive?) dad to be runner/abused [s]

[Emily]

Blond girl raised in isolation by father, I think maybe she was adopted, or even somehow genetically engineered. She runs a lot, and he trains her using lots of technology, she is socially isolated, and I think maybe people sometimes view her through one-sided windows. Maybe other people are involved in creating her "perfectionism". Constant testing from father. Sexual undertones in the book between girl and her father.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

What year was it published? Was it YA or adult?

[Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large)]

Goldengirl by Peter Lear (a/k/a Peter Lovesey)?

[Liralen]

Long shot, but Skinned?

And now I want to read Goldengirl...

[Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large)]

There's a "Goldengirl" movie as well (an adaptation of the book), starring Susan Anton, Curd Jürgens, James Coburn and Leslie Caron!

[Emily]

I'm 99% sure it was Goldengirl! Thanks so much for answering. I think it's more an adult book but I read it when I was probably way too young...maybe why I had trouble remembering the title!

[P.I.]

Yep. It was golden girl and it was NOT YA. I read it back in the 1970's.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

I guess this can be moved to SOLVED then.