{"product_id":"no-time-like-the-future-9781472278500","title":"No Time Like the Future","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The book is great: moving but also properly funny.'' Hadley Freeman, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. . . pithy, highly readable'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in \u003ci\u003eBack to the Future. \u003c\/i\u003eHis two previous bestselling memoirs, \u003ci\u003eLucky Man \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAlways Looking Up\u003c\/i\u003e, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNo Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, \u003c\/i\u003eMichael shares \u003cb\u003epersonal stories and observations\u003c\/b\u003e about illness and health, ageing, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. Thoughtful and moving, but with Fox''s trademark sense of humour, his book provides a vehicle for reflection about our \u003cb\u003elives, our loves, and our losses.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning through the narrative is th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe book is \u003cb\u003egreat\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003emoving\u003c\/b\u003e but also \u003cb\u003eproperly funny\u003c\/b\u003e (only Fox would take up golf after developing Parkinson's), and now that he has, to varying degrees, jettisoned the fig leaf of determined optimism, it gives the \u003cb\u003eclearest description of life with Parkinson's I've ever read\u003c\/b\u003e * Hadley Freeman, The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA heartfelt, unselfish book about never giving up. . . * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eNo Time Like the Future is a memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. . .\u003cb\u003e pithy, highly readable\u003c\/b\u003e. . . Fox tells his story vividly with \u003cb\u003eplenty of quips and self-deprecation\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eFunny and readable * GQ *\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003emoving\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e often funny \u003c\/b\u003ememoir Michael J Fox reveals how he regained his sense of optimism, and reflects on age, family and living with a disability. * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eFox's writing reflects his \u003cb\u003efunny and upbeat \u003c\/b\u003eapproach to life * GQ *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408739705175,"sku":"9781472278500","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472278500.jpg?v=1730504024","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/no-time-like-the-future-9781472278500","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}