Lucky Man

Lucky Man
ISBN: 9780786888740
Publication Date: 9 April 2003

The trade paperback edition of this national number one bestseller should be a huge hit with Michael J. Fox??'s fans. This memoir discusses Fox??'s life--growing up in Canada and then becoming a national television star in the U.S. at the age of 19. He reveals the excess and temptations he fell into as a young star, and how with the help of his wife, Tracy Pollan, he quit drinking and drowning in self-pity. He tells of noticing the first tremors of Parkinson??'s disease, which he ignored; finding out at the age of 30 that he was suffering from early onset of Parkinson???s; how this has affected his family and the extraordinary support they have provided him. He spent nine years hiding his condition from all but his closest family and friends. His courageous decision to go public and retire from active performing in order to devote his time to the foundation and to finding a cure for PD makes up the last part of the book. Recounted in a witty and reflective fashion, Fox displays the kind of courage that has inspired the hundreds of thousands of fans who care about him.