Lucky Man: A Memoir [Audio Download]

Michael grew up in a Canadian military family that moved around a lot. He got his first acting job as a teenager, then dropped out of school to try his luck in Hollywood. The tv series Family Ties brought him stardom, and the rest is history. This is not a Hollywood insider's kiss-and-tell book, however. Indeed, there is no name-dropping or gossip about the rich and famous. He focuses, instead, on how the love of his parents, siblings, wife, and four children has kept him grounded, helped him overcome alcoholism, and now gives him strength in his battle with Parkinson's disease.

Fox loved his work, and faces life without acting, because of the increasingly debilitating symptoms of PD. He is hopeful for a cure, takes an active part in educating people about it, and helps raise money for research. This is a quick read, engagingly written, short on self-pity and long on gratitude for his career and his family. I recommend it to his fans and to those who want to learn more about Parkinson's disease.

This book is just brilliant. Yes, of course it does talk about his Parkinsons disease, but there is so much more to the book than this. Autobiography's can always be so self absorbed and padded out with detail on publicity that we all know about already, but this book is just educational!

He talks about the problems of families, stardom, being a role model, his relationships good and bad, the horrible disease of Parkinsons (Which I knew little about before I read this) and then where all of that has left him now.

I would thorougly recommended this book to anyone. You will not be dissapointed.

He is honest, and writes extremely well. He goes through it all, from the beginning of his life to where he is right now, and I felt I'd become his friend by the end. He tells his story the way somebody would sit next to you and tell you a story, engaging you rather than just lecturing you.

Anyway I don't want to go into details and in effect ruin all the great stories he has to tell. Just buy the book, it's cheap. Read it and you'll enjoy it and I think you might be all the better for it. You'll just feel happier.