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Also by Michael J. Fox:

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Future, April 2010
Hardcover
Always Looking Up, April 2009
Hardcover
Lucky Man, April 2003
Paperback

ALWAYS LOOKING UP
By: Michael J. Fox

The Adventures Of An Incurable Optimist

Hyperion
April 2009
On Sale: April 14, 2009
288 pages
ISBN: 1401303382
EAN: 9781401303389
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir

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.

Media Buzz

Today - December 12, 2010
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Live with Regis and Kelly - November 26, 2009
Oprah - September 1, 2009
The View - May 7, 2009
Good Morning America - May 6, 2009
Larry King Live - April 9, 2009
Entertainment Tonight - April 7, 2009
Late Show with David Letterman - April 2, 2009
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