A very well told story of Agota's life. She is a charming narrator and I absolutely adored reading about all of the twists and turns. A great example of Everything that happens leads to where and who you are.

I really enjoyed the first few chapters of this book, but then felt less and less interested as it went on unfortunately. I went into the story assuming from the title that the author was a career ballerina, and the first few chapters go into depth about the authors time dancing for the Hungarian ballet and opera. The chapters about polio, WWII and the revolution in Hungary were also fairly interesting, but once she immigrated to Canada and became part of the CBC I started to lose interest. I think I just kept waiting for ballet to come back to the prominence of the story, and while dance definitely does continue to be part of her life and ballet is unrealistic with age and the life long effects of polio, it just wasn’t what I thought the book would be about and it wasn’t really that interesting to me.

If you enjoy learning about Hungary, as well as Canada’s celebrity scene in the 1960s or just want to read about an interesting member of Canada’s entertainment and media scene during that time period you might love this book. It is well written, has several photos and shares tales from all over the world as she travelled with different productions.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Thank you, author and Girl Friday Productions, for the advance reading copy.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this memoir during which I felt like I was reading a really awesome historical fiction. It would be wrong of me to say this but I really don't know how to express my feelings as exactly as how I felt.

I adore the real black and white pictures in between the chapters. The ballet classes and the experience seem surreal.

My heart got broken when I kept on reading. You will know why. For an aspiring ballet dancer the life she had to struggle with given the inevitable condition she was in. But did she give up?

Yes, a very inspirational read. Go for it.

We are really grateful that polio is almost eliminated now.

A much insightful read.

I enjoyed this book and enjoyed the determination of the author to not let things stop her . . . or slow her down much. However, over time, my interest waned a bit and I found it, for myself, more difficult to keep going and lost interest a bit as the narrative continued.