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No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

af Michael J. Fox

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This program is read by Michael J. Fox.
A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox.

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 audiobook 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? Listen to the audiobook.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

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  vorefamily | Feb 22, 2024 |
A continuing account of this retired actor's living with Parkinson's disease...the good, the bad, and the ugly. Since my grandmother was diagnosed at 35, his diagnosis at 29 , I believe, parallels her life in some respects. But now there are accomodations in medicine for symptoms, surgery, lesser stigmatization. ( )
  LivelyLady | Jan 26, 2024 |
Didn't like this nearly as much as his earlier memoir, Lucky Man. His journey is something I would not want to endure and he certainly gets credit for his optimism and his efforts to raise money for research into Parkinson's disease. But these are the words of a very privileged individual that has access to the very best of medical care and treatment with no worries whatsoever of how to pay for it all. So in that way I feel it is biased, and I wish that someday all Parkinson's patients have equal access. Just sayin'... ( )
  Cantsaywhy | Aug 31, 2023 |
Michael J. Fox ruminates mostly about 2018, but with substantial background material and golfing stories, during which he dealt with the Parkinson's Disease he had for 30 years but also underwent delicate surgery for an unrelated spinal tumor and having recovered from the acute phase of the surgical effects fell and shattered his arm. So the really awful very bad year. The book read fairly well and Michael Fox is generally pleasant but it did wear a bit by the end. ( )
  quondame | Aug 8, 2023 |
Must have had expectations set too high for this book. I expected to be moved and impressed, but wasn't and I'm not sure why. Enjoyed insight into his family life. Was really interested in his alcohol use & recovery, but not much time was spend on this. All in all -- just okay. ( )
  tackyj | Aug 3, 2023 |
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Life was already tough for the star of Back to the Future, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's at the age of 29. Then, in 2018, he had surgery to remove a tumour from his spine. In this moving, often funny memoir he reveals how he regained his sense of optimism, and reflects on age, family and living with a disability.
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Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. HTML:

This program is read by Michael J. Fox.
A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox.

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 audiobook 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? Listen to the audiobook.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

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