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No Time Like the Future: An
Optimist Considers Mortality (2020).
by Michael J. Fox.
Hardcover.
ISBN-13: 978-1250265630
The entire world knows Michael
J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future;
as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties; as Mike Flaherty in Spin City; and through
numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows such as The Good Wife
and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Diagnosed at age 29, Michael is equally 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. His two previous bestselling
memoirs, Lucky Man and Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with
the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism. His new memoir
reassesses this outlook, as events in the past decade presented additional
challenges.
In No Time Like the Future: An
Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael 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. Thoughtful and
moving, but with Fox’s trademark sense of humor, his book provides a vehicle
for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our losses.
Running through the narrative is
the drama of the medical madness Fox recently experienced, that included his
daily negotiations with the Parkinson’s disease he’s had since 1991, and a
spinal cord issue that necessitated immediate surgery. His challenge to learn
how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly caused him to
ditch his trademark optimism and “get out of the lemonade business altogether.”
Does he make it all of the way
back? Read the book.
