{"product_id":"9781472278463-no-time-like-the-future","title":"No Time Like the Future","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Optimist Considers Mortality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley Freeman, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. pithy, highly readable' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in \u003ci\u003eBack to the Future. \u003c\/i\u003eHis two previous bestselling memoirs, \u003ci\u003eLucky Man \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAlways Looking Up\u003c\/i\u003e, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNo Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, \u003c\/i\u003eMichael shares \u003cb\u003epersonal stories and observations\u003c\/b\u003e about illness and health, ageing, 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 humour, his book provides a vehicle for reflection about our \u003cb\u003elives, our loves, and our losses.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoes he make it all of the way back? Read the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32958538678369,"sku":"9781472278463","price":11.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_10959918_jpg.jpg?v=1714049517","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472278463-no-time-like-the-future","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}