Book description
In September 1998, Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing that
he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease - in fact, he had been
secretly fighting it for seven years. In this candid book, with his
trademark ironic sensibility and sense of the absurd, he tells his life
story - from his childhood in western Canada to his meteoric rise in
film and television and, most importantly, the years in which - with the
unswerving support of his wife, family and friends - he has dealt with
his illness. He talks about what Parkinson's has given him: the chance
to appreciate a wonderful life and career, and the opportunity to help
search for a cure and spread public awareness of the disease. He feels
as if he is a very lucky man indeed. Michael J. Fox is best known
today for his hit Channel Four sitcom Spin City that he also produced.
In the eighties he became an international mega-star, first through TV
shows such as Family Ties, then through the record-breaking Back To The
Future movies.
