"I mean, who knows why we do these things. I didn't necessarily think, 'Oh, there's an audience for this' or whatever. I just thought, 'I'm compelled to put this down.'", Fox explores illness, aging and death, as well as the importance of celebrating friends and family — in particular the deep gratitude he feels for his four kids and his wife of three decades, actress Tracy Pollan.
"It's just that kind of family. And I always put a gloss on it, but I don't remember having loud, angry words with any of my children, and I don't treat my wife that way. We talk like we like each other. And that's the key to it."During his darkest months, Fox found himself spending long hours watching "crappy television," much of it that existed before he was born — and it got him thinking about how his kids could end up watching reruns of his shows.
Still, the question got him thinking, and one day he called up Lonnie Ali, the wife of late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who also suffered from Parkinson's disease. Fox also tried to look at his experience through the lens of the people in his life, and all they had done for him. With disabled people in a lot of media, and a lot of film and television, they play the soft piano music until they accomplish their meagre goal and then it rises to a crescendo. There's no soft piano music here. I'm not trying to manipulate anybody into feeling like it's all going to be great.is about being honest about both life's highs and deep lows — especially when it comes to living with disability.
As its title promises, the book also confronts mortality — and in the end, Fox finds promise, and humour, even under the spectre of death.
cbcradioq Good article and I haven't watched the imbedded videos yet. It really sounds like Michael J. Fox has something to say, to share, and a pov that's unique and honest. I think I need to read this book. 📖
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