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emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Title: No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
Author: Michael J. Fox
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 4.00
Pub Date: November 17, 2020
T H R E E • W O R D S
Inspiring • Unselfish • Intimate
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Diagnosed at age 29, Michael has been 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.
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.
💭 T H O U G H T S
I know Michael J. Fox from his time on Spin City, but especially for all the work he has done advocating for Parkinson's Disease, which made me particularly interested in picking up his latest memoir No Time Like the Future.
And this is vintage Michael J. Fox! Written with his signature wit and optimism, it's a glimpse into his thoughts and feelings on a wide array of topics including his dog, his family, his career, and his health. Written with great emotion, it felt like a love letter to his family and life from someone staring down his own mortality.
The writing style does take some getting accustomed to, as it jumps from one place to the next without much warning. Yet at the end of the day, this book has something to offer everyone. It's a reflection on life, love and loss.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• celebrity memoirs lovers
• Michael J. Fox fans
• readers who like stories of resilience and hope
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"When I visit the past now, it is for wisdom and experience, not for regret or shame. I don’t attempt to erase it, only to accept it."
"Good things can come from bad things."
Author: Michael J. Fox
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 4.00
Pub Date: November 17, 2020
T H R E E • W O R D S
Inspiring • Unselfish • Intimate
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Diagnosed at age 29, Michael has been 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.
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.
💭 T H O U G H T S
I know Michael J. Fox from his time on Spin City, but especially for all the work he has done advocating for Parkinson's Disease, which made me particularly interested in picking up his latest memoir No Time Like the Future.
And this is vintage Michael J. Fox! Written with his signature wit and optimism, it's a glimpse into his thoughts and feelings on a wide array of topics including his dog, his family, his career, and his health. Written with great emotion, it felt like a love letter to his family and life from someone staring down his own mortality.
The writing style does take some getting accustomed to, as it jumps from one place to the next without much warning. Yet at the end of the day, this book has something to offer everyone. It's a reflection on life, love and loss.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• celebrity memoirs lovers
• Michael J. Fox fans
• readers who like stories of resilience and hope
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"When I visit the past now, it is for wisdom and experience, not for regret or shame. I don’t attempt to erase it, only to accept it."
"Good things can come from bad things."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Minor: Death and Death of parent
spinesinaline's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
I’ve read a lot of memoirs so far this year, not necessarily intentionally, but this is the first by someone I knew before I read their book! I really like Michael J. Fox as an actor and person so I was excited about this release.
I haven’t read any of Fox’s other books (so many memoirs) so I don’t know how this one fits into his memoir series thus far. This one mostly focuses on his medical experiences in 2018 following a fall, with lots of flashbacks to his diagnosis with Parkinson’s, his acting career, life with his family, and more recent experiences as an activist to provide context.
Sometimes celebrity books don’t work out so well but this was really funny and flowed well. From these pages, Fox is very clearly an optimist. I will say that this is very much his story – his experiences with disability and the access to care that he’s had in his life. In some parts he does recognize the privilege he has in being able to retain top doctors across the country but many won’t have access to these kinds of hospitals and rehab that he describes in much detail.
I haven’t read any of Fox’s other books (so many memoirs) so I don’t know how this one fits into his memoir series thus far. This one mostly focuses on his medical experiences in 2018 following a fall, with lots of flashbacks to his diagnosis with Parkinson’s, his acting career, life with his family, and more recent experiences as an activist to provide context.
Sometimes celebrity books don’t work out so well but this was really funny and flowed well. From these pages, Fox is very clearly an optimist. I will say that this is very much his story – his experiences with disability and the access to care that he’s had in his life. In some parts he does recognize the privilege he has in being able to retain top doctors across the country but many won’t have access to these kinds of hospitals and rehab that he describes in much detail.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism