{"product_id":"9781401391485","title":"Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of \u003ci\u003eAlways Looking Up\u003c\/i\u003e will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy of engagement and discovery: an emotional, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual outlook that has served him throughout his struggle with Parkinson's disease. Michael's exit from a very demanding, very public arena offered him the time-and the inspiration-to open up new doors leading to unexpected places. One door even led him to the center of his own family, the greatest destination of all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe last ten years, which is really the stuff of this book, began with such a loss: my retirement from Spin City. I found myself struggling with a strange new dynamic: the shifting of public and private personas. I had been Mike the actor, then Mike the actor with PD. Now was I just Mike with PD Parkinson's had consumed my career and, in a sense, had become my career. But where did all of this leave Me? I had to build a new life when I was already pretty happy with the old one.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlways Looking Up\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir of this last decade, told through the critical themes of Michael's life: work, politics, faith, and family. The book is a journey of self-discovery and reinvention, and a testament to the consolations that protect him from the ravages of Parkinson's. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the humor and wit that captivated fans of his first book, \u003ci\u003eLucky Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael describes how he became a happier, more satisfied person by recognizing the gifts of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hyperion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47095709597936,"sku":"9781401391485","price":12.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781401391485_p0.jpg?v=1763714308","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781401391485","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}