Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

No time like the future

Oclc number

1196053261

Responsibility statement

Michael J. Fox

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print core

Sub title

an optimist considers mortality

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 jacket

Table Of 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

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