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No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality Audiobook
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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.
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“What makes the book a page-turner is its tenor: drolly conspiratorial, affably best-friend-y, infectiously convivial and unapologetically pensive. This a book you really hear whether you have the audiobook or not.”
— Washington Post
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“The energy that made him such a riveting presence onscreen comes through in his book.”
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“This is vintage Michael J. Fox. It is funny, it is intimate, it is philosophical…A lot of wisdom there.”
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“Filled with humorous and thoughtful anecdotes and reflections, the book offers insights into a man who knows struggle all too well but refuses to let it get in the way of living.”
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“Personal stories that sometimes sound like allegories.”
— Wall Street Journal
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New York Times bestseller
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month
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A New York Times Bestseller in Audio
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Among longlisted titles for Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, 2020
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Among longlisted titles for The Guardian (UK) Best Books of the Year, 2020
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Among longlisted titles for Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, 2020
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Among longlisted titles for The Guardian (UK) Best Books of the Year, 2020
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About Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox first gained fame playing Alex P. Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties. In addition to many other acting successes, including the Back to the Future trilogy and an award-winning role in Spin City, he has authored several bestselling books. In 2000 he launched the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which has leapt to the forefront of the effort to find a cure. Fox lives with his family in New York City.