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092 _aFOX, M.
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aFox, Michael J.,
_d1961-
_eauthor.
_96266
245 1 0 _aNo time like the future :
_ban optimist considers mortality /
_cMichael J. Fox.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bFlatiron Books,
_c2020.
300 _aviii, 238 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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505 0 _aIntroduction: 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 -- Epilogue.
520 _aThe 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.
520 _aDiagnosed 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
600 1 0 _aFox, Michael J.,
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650 0 _aParkinson's disease
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655 7 _aAutobiographies.
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