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Published in 2002, its taken me over 21 years to get to this book! You get a taste of the 80s and 90s, Michael‘s childhood and time in Hollywood - but of course so much of this is about his Parkinsons diagnosis and dealing both with that and his turbulent “young Hollywood star” lifestyle. I was amazed at the perspective he had for 2002, not just in considering illness and his life purpose but also understanding ⬇️

#ReadingBracket2023 #nonfiction

All my NF were great this month. Going through a celeb-memoir-audiobook phase and they were all very good, each distinctly different although covering overlapping time periods and events. But since I have to pick one…

Lucky Man - 4⭐️
Brat: an 80s story - 4⭐️
Stories I Only Tell My Friends - 4⭐️
Ted and Ann: the mystery of a missing child and her neighbor Ted Bundy - 4⭐️

I grew up watching Michael J Fox on Family Ties & of course most of his movies (all 3 of my kids love Back to the Future). My husband & I recently watched his movie, Still, on Apple. This book is very similar to the movie as he discusses his initial symptoms & diagnosis. He wrote this book a few years after his diagnosis. He talks about his childhood & early years becoming an actor. Through his diagnosis he‘s become a fierce advocate for funding

#TemptingTitles #WithLuck

💜 MJF but still haven‘t read one of his books, have you?

One of my favorite quotes “Acceptance doesn‘t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and there‘s got to be a way through it.”

#ThankfulThursday @Cosmos_Moon

I vote regularly, but I'm Hungarian so I won't this year. I think it's important that everyone take part in the decision about the country's next few years.

I'm thankful for my family's health and for Litsy being such a positive space.

Since I'm posting this late, I'm not tagging anyone in particular, but please consider yourself tagged if you feel like playing!

This is one that I‘m considering for #hollywood for #booked2020...

#MOvember

I saw this book mentioned somewhere on social media, went to the libby app to put it on hold and it was available! I'm a 3rd of the way thru and love it! Make me want to binge Family Ties 😊

I haven‘t read this yet; it‘s been on my TBR shelf for a while. According to the blurb Michael ‘talks about what Parkinson‘s has given him; the chance to appreciate a wonderful life., and the opportunity to help search for a cure and spread public awareness of the disease. He feels as if he is a very lucky man indeed‘ That is a true #lustforlife.

#MarchIntoThe70s

How can you not love this guy?
I wouldn‘t say this was the best memoir I‘ve read, but it was nostalgic reading about the days of Family Ties and Back to the Future. Makes me feel old, though.
And his fight to raise awareness and research funding for Parkinson‘s makes me love him even more.

I love Michael J. Fox and I‘m stoked to learn about his life 😊

#LuckOrLuckyInTheTitle #IAmSweetMarch

I never used to read biographies. I thought that they would be boring. This attitude changed after I read Lucky Man. I was obsessed with MJF as a teenager so of course I made an exception for him and ran out to buy his book as soon as it was available. Note: I have since become a huge fan of biographies. #FunFridayPhoto