Nov

19 2020

Book Festival in Your Living Room presents an evening with Michael J. Fox

8:00PM - 9:00PM  

Contact Carlie MacPherson
613-798-9818 ext 245
library@jccottawa.com
https://www.jccottawa.com/book-festival-living-room/

$ Cost $ 36.00

Greenberg Families Library's "Book Festival in Your Living Room" presents a very special chat with Michael J. Fox

Join actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist Michael J. Fox via Zoom for a discussion about his new book, 'No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Morality.

The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future; as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties; as Mike Flaherty in Spin City; and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows such as The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Diagnosed at age 29, Michael is equally engaged in Parkinson’s advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the world’s leading non-profit funder of PD science. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism. His new memoir reassesses this outlook, as events in the past decade presented additional challenges.

In No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, 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 humor, his book provides a vehicle for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our losses.

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Sponsor: The Greenberg Families Library in concert with the National JCC Literary Consortium