INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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 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.
