Ballet, books, and dying offstage with Ariane Beeston, author of Don't Forget to Smile

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Buy Don’t Forget to Smile here: https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/dont-forget-smile also check out Ariane's memoir, Because I'm Not Myself You See here: https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/because-im-not-myself-you-see

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Ariane recommends:

1. Turning Pointe by Choe Angyal
2. Carly-Jay Metcalfe’s article in The Australian: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/culture/writing-my-memoir-about-illness-and-grief-almost-destroyed-me/news-story/ea026095b921f01748f3dc38128aea78
3. These interviews with Sigrid Nunez about her love of ballet:
   1. https://noveldialogue.org/2021/10/14/2-3-because-i-couldnt-be-a-dancer-sigrid-nunez-and-tara-menon-jp/
   2. https://booth.butler.edu/2026/07/01/a-conversation-with-sigrid-nunez/

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