Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox

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9781401303389
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hyperion Press
ISBN-10
1401303382
ISBN-13
9781401303389
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65612502

Product Key Features

Book Title
Always Looking Up : the Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Neurology, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Author
Michael J. Fox
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-055129
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"A lucid and intelligent book, full of ironic humor and unquenchable optimism." ( Chicago Sun Times on Lucky Man )
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
790.4302/8092
Synopsis
The beloved actor--and #1 bestselling author--writes about the personal philosophy that has carried him through his darkest hours, and speaks with others who have emerged from difficult periods with optimism to spare., There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy of engagement and discovery: an emotional, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual outlook that has served him throughout his struggle with Parkinson's disease. Michael's exit from a very demanding, very public arena offered him the time-and the inspiration-to open up new doors leading to unexpected places. One door even led him to the center of his own family, the greatest destination of all. The last ten years, which is really the stuff of this book, began with such a loss: my retirement from Spin City. I found myself struggling with a strange new dynamic: the shifting of public and private personas. I had been Mike the actor, then Mike the actor with PD. Now was I just Mike with PD Parkinson's had consumed my career and, in a sense, had become my career. But where did all of this leave Me? I had to build a new life when I was already pretty happy with the old one.. Always Looking Up is a memoir of this last decade, told through the critical themes of Michael's life: work, politics, faith, and family. The book is a journey of self-discovery and reinvention, and a testament to the consolations that protect him from the ravages of Parkinson's. With the humor and wit that captivated fans of his first book, Lucky Man, Michael describes how he became a happier, more satisfied person by recognizing the gifts of everyday life.
LC Classification Number
PN2308.F69A3 2009

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