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No time like the future : an optimist considers mortality  Cover Image Book Book

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

Summary:

The actor shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how perceptions about time affect the consideration of mortality.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250265616 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: viii, 238 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2020.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Fox, Michael J., 1961-
Actors > Canada > Biography.
Actors > United States > Biography.
Parkinson's disease > Patients > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.
Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch 791.43028092 Fox 31681010219848 NONFIC Checked out 09/05/2025
Lakeshore Branch 791.43028092 Fox 31681010215762 NONFIC Available -

Michael J. Fox gained fame playing Alex P. Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties. His blockbuster movies include Back to the Future, The Secret of My Success, Doc Hollywood, Casualties of War and The American President. He returned to television in his award-winning lead role on Spin City, followed by guest appearances in series like Rescue Me, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Good Wife. His many awards include five Emmys, four Golden Globes, one Grammy, two Screen Actors Guild awards, the People’s Choice award, and GQ Man of the Year. In 2000, he launched the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which is now the leading Parkinson’s organization in the world. He is the author of three previous New York Times bestselling books: Lucky Man, Always Looking Up, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future. Michael lives with his family in New York City.


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