Birth, like ballet, has two faces. On the surface, each has an idealised image, all pastel colours and gentle smiles. Behind the veneer are bruising, blood and grit.

Felicity Plunkett reviews ‘Because I’m Not Myself, You See’ by Ariane Beeston:

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My copy arrived! I can’t wait to read it!

An incredibly important and heart-wrenching memoir about motherhood and postpartum psychosis. Ariane Beeston is raw, honest and intimate. Black Inc.

Ariane Beeston is in the house!

❤️ Congratulations lovely! ❤️

This article speaks of the ‘broken racist system’ (and I would add’class-it’s’) that often underlies #adoption

I have taken babies from their mothers. After my son was born I feared it was my turn to be punished | Ariane Beeston theguardian.com/society/commen…

So many opportunities to see the delightful Ariane Beeston speak on her memoir in VIC, NSW and QLD over the next month!

🔗 Visit the link below for details.

The clever, brave Ariane Beeston asks important and confronting questions here. A very different, very personal lens on a wicked problem.

My dear friend Ariane has written an incredible memoir about her experience of post-partum psychosis. It's out this week (go buy it) ♥️

‘I’m on my way home from work when my baby turns into a dragon’. Ariane Beeston’s postpartum psychosis gave lie to the romance of motherhood theconversation.com/im-on-my-way-h… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

As a child protection worker, psychologist Ariane Beeston had taken babies away from their mothers. Then she had a baby, experiencing bouts of mental illness. Her memoir (Black Inc.) is sad and brave, writes @cathycoleborne from University of Newcastle
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GROWING UP TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER IN AUSTRALIA is launching at @BRTDBookshop in Sydney on 25 May.

Editor Samantha Faulkner will be in conversation with contributors Tetei Bakic Tapim, @AaliyahJadeBradbury and @Rhett_Loban.

Tickets on sale now!

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Standing by to tweet from Healing Foundation's #SorryDay National Policy Forum - you can watch online from 2pm AEST via this link healingfoundation.org.au/national-sorry…

Ariane Beeston smashes the romantic myth of motherhood in her memoir 'Because I’m Not Myself, You See', which delves into her frightening experience of postpartum psychosis.

#UniNewcastle Professor Catharine Coleborne reviews her memoir for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand👇
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Loving these photos from the launch of BECAUSE I’M NOT MYSELF, YOU SEE last night! The book was launched with a heartfelt conversation between the author Ariane Beeston and the wonderful @MsDzt.

Visit our website for a list of Ariane’s upcoming events.

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‘For a memoir with such a heavy subject, Beeston approaches it with kindness and candidness, as well as necessary humour without sugarcoating the truth of Postpartum Psychosis.’

Ariane Beeston’s BECAUSE I’M NOT MYSELF, YOU SEE reviewed by @Honi_Soit.

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Ariane Beeston has written an important book about #motherhood #postpartum mental illness & survival: full of care lessons & hope The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Uni Newcastle Research

‘Gripping, sad and moving’. Our review of Ariane Beeston’s Because I’m Not Myself, You See Black Inc. theconversation.com/im-on-my-way-h… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

‘This is a fine piece of writing, a brutally honest work that speaks to the experience of early motherhood … This book is necessary, and it’s wonderful.’

BECAUSE I’M NOT MYSELF, YOU SEE by Ariane Beeston – out today! – reviewed for Readings.

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