{"product_id":"no-time-like-the-future-an-optimist-considers-mortality-9781472278470b","title":"No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBack to the Future.\u003c\/span\u003e His two previous bestselling memoirs,\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e Lucky Man \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e Always Looking Up,\u003c\/span\u003e dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNo Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality\u003c\/span\u003e, Michael shares personal stories and observations 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 lives, our loves, and our losses.\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.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley Freeman, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. . . pithy, highly readable' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823273250896,"sku":"9781472278470B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781472278470-l.jpg?v=1785891563","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/no-time-like-the-future-an-optimist-considers-mortality-9781472278470b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}