Lucky Man: a Memoir - Michael J. Fox Reviews

I had always wondered if Mike had written an autobiography but had never found it in book stores when browsing. So I'd always assumed he had been too busy and didn't look further. However upon stumbling accross this at an old book store that was closing down I have to say I wish I had found it sooner. Lucky Man is the story of Michael's ...  Read the complete review

===Background:=== I seem to have grown up with Michael J. Fox. He is someone I can remember enjoying his acting back in my teens. In truth I am not a fan of autobiographies as a rule, I tend to prefer maybe unfairly that writers write books and Personalities who ever they are do what they are successful for. In this case though I ...  Read the complete review

Michael J Fox hid the fact he had Parkinsons disease for years. When he finally came out with his symptons of his disease he thought his career may be over in 10 years. For him though, he thought it had just begun again. Fox's story is inspirational. Although it begins with him telling us about his symptons and the way the disease ...  Read the complete review

"Lucky Man" is for me the rarest of things, an engaging autobiography. Perhaps it is my eighties rose-tinted spectacles but I have always found Michael J.Fox to be an exciting, versatile actor be it as Marty Mc Fly in the ridiculously successful "Back to the Future trilogy" or Erikson in the war epic "Casualties of ...  Read the complete review

Micheal J Fox is a man I grew up watching on television. The Back to the Future series are some of my favourite films so when I found out that he had Parkinsons I was astounded. He always seemed so lively and it was hard to believe. But this book shows me that Im not the only one who thought this. He goes into great detail about how he was ...  Read the complete review