Lucky Man

In September 1998 Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease - in fact he had been secretly fighting it for seven years. In this candid book with his trademark ironic sensibility and sense of the absurd he tells his life story - from his childhood in western Canada to his meteoric rise in film and television and most importantly the years in which - with the unswerving support of his wife family and friends - he has dealt with his illness. He talks about what Parkinson's has given him: the chance to appreciate a wonderful life and career 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.