pb'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley Freeman, iThe Guardian/i/bbrbrb'A memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. . . pithy, highly readable' iThe Times/i/bbrbbrbrThe entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in iBack to the Future. /iHis two previous bestselling memoirs, iLucky Man /iand iAlways Looking Up/i, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism./b brbrIn iNo Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, /iMichael shares bpersonal stories and observations/b 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 blives, our loves, and our losses./bbrbrRunning through the narrative is the drama of the medical madness Fox recently experienced, that included his daily negotiations with the Parkinson's disease he's had since 1991, and a spinal cord issue that necessitated immediate surgery. His challenge to learn how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly caused him to ditch his trademark optimism and "get out of the lemonade business altogether."brbrDoes he make it all of the way back? Read the book./p