No time like the future : an optimist considers mortality / Michael J. Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Michael J., 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fox, Michael J., 1961-.

Fox, Michael J.

Actors--Canada--Biography.

Actors.

Actors--United States--Biography.

Parkinson's disease--Patients--Biography.

Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease--Patients.

Canada.

United States.

Genre:

Autobiographies

Biographies

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Flatiron Books paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Flatiron Books, 2021.

Summary:

Diagnosed at age 29, Fox is engaged in Parkinson's advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, the world's leading non-profit funder of PD science. Here he shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. Running through the narrative is the drama of the medical madness Fox recently experienced: the Parkinson's disease he's had since 1991, and a spinal cord issue that necessitated immediate surgery. He describes how his challenge to learn how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly caused him to ditch his trademark optimism. -- Adapted from back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: Fall guy

Family man

Dog years

Act too

High times

Double bogey

Loco motion

Unsafe at any speed

Exile on Pain Street

What to expect from my back in the future

Showing some spine

Metaphysical therapy

Walk this way

A crowded house

Breaking dad

A wing and a proverb

Homeland security

Head games

Maryland, my Maryland

The only thing to fear

Father time

All things considered

Shake it off

Midnight in the garden

Epilogue.

ISBN:

1250265630

9781250265630

OCLC:

1241441372

Publisher Number:

99995517757