Lucky Man: A Memoir
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375431418 (0375431411)
Publish date: April 2nd 2002
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Adult,
Medical,
Biography Memoir,
Canada
It's easy to like Michael J. Fox's memoir about his career and life as it's been shaped by Parkinson's disease. It's a smooth read and the glimpse behind the curtain is sometimes fascinating. I admit to starting this book in the grip of a teensy bit of cynicism (a plucky, out-of-control actor is s...
Who doesn't like Michael J. Fox? He is such a nice guy, and you can tell that here in his book. His writing is simple and charming, just like him. I love him in the trilogy of Back to the Future, I grew up watching these movies. Sadly, I did not watch his series Family Ties, which is obvious is some...
I picked this up on the cheap at OmniLit and read through it in a few days. Overall I liked it - Fox focuses more on his illness and skims over his career. It's not a celebrity memoir in the gossipy sense, but a story of a career and his illness affected it. Some parts that tackled the medical detai...
This book was fantastic, inspirational, engaging, you name it. I don't know if Michael had a shadow writer or not. If not, then he could certainly have a future as a writer. He knows how to communicate with words. This story, which covers his career both before and after he was diagnosed with Parkin...
A fantastic read and a look into the life of a man coping with extraordinary hardship.
11 years ago
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