Always Looking Up
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist Michael J. Fox,
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 1401303382
DDC: 791.43028092
Edition: Hardcover; 2009-04-07
Summary:
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.
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