Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (1401303382)

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Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

Author: Michael J. Fox
Binding: Hardcover
Published: 2009-03-31
ISBN: 1401303382

$1.49

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ISBN13: 9781401303389
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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

Editorial Review:

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.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Always Looking Up:

I had a hard time getting into it. I bought the CD. I only listened to the first one. I thought it would somehow be funny and uplifting, but I did not find it so at all. I was disappointed in it.

PD lifer:

After reading both of Michael J. Fox's books I am amazed at how he keeps your interest. His sense of humor is great. I was diagnosed at age 70 and cannot imagine living all my adult life with this disease. My heart goes out to him and his wife for their amazing courage. Only the best for you MJF.

good buy:

good book for any sappy person or any fan of michael j. fox which my mother is he is a great actor and this is a good book that you should read if you think it sounds like something you might be in to and its a cheap one to.

Underwhelming and lacks insight:

Too much about Fox and him trying to make himself look good. E.g. I met this person, I met that person. Not enough insight from having had these interesting experiences. Also, disappointed regarding the topic of optimism.

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