No Time Like the Future

An Optimist Considers Mortality

By: Michael J. Fox

Narrated by: Michael J. Fox

Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

This program is read by Michael J. Fox.

A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox.

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 best-selling 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 audiobook provides a vehicle for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our losses.

Running through the narrative is the drama of the medical madness Fox recently experienced, that included his daily negotiations with the Parkinson’s disease he’s had since 1991, and a spinal cord issue that necessitated immediate surgery. His challenge to learn how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly caused him to ditch his trademark optimism and “get out of the lemonade business altogether.”

Does he make it all of the way back? Listen to the audiobook.

Barnes & Noble Best New Books of the Year - 2020

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

©2020 Michael J. Fox (P)2020 Macmillan Audio

Emotional and Honest

I've listened to all of Mr. Fox's books and have enjoyed them all. This one, in particular because of it's timeliness, was the best. There is nothing sugar coated, yet it remains oddly upbeat, even though it hurts to hear much of. Highly recommend.

Inspiring, honest, and unapologetic

I wanted to purchase the audio book, so that I could hear MJF in the act of collaborating with PD related Dysphonia. I’m glad I did. I was so impressed by his narration, and I feel like it was helpful to me, as I work regularly with adults with PD, to take the extra effort to adapt to his speech and hear his story in his own words and voice. The honest and intimate vignettes MJF paints around his diagnosis, treatments, the experiences of falling, and the battles and choices around being resilient in some of the hardest moments offer readers with and without PD tremendous insight and inspiration. More than anything else, the message deep love for life and family hit home with me, and I know they will with other readers. Thank you so much, Michael J. Fox (and support people) for putting this out into the world.

Everyone else, buy this book!

P.S. Shout out to Tracy. You give me goals as a mom, spouse, and woman.

Inspirational

I enjoyed these stories of his life, interesting stuff. A lot of worthwhile observations. I'd highly recommend it.

Relatable

I almost stopped after an hour into this audiobook. I am glad I didn’t. He gets a little wordy in describing a few things and that is why I almost left. After that, it became a story of health battles, determination, friendships, love and defeat. If you know anyone who is battling a long term illness, you should get this book. It helped me to see how someone with an illness that is sometimes invisible to others is managing.

I needed this book...

This book helps me to understand, what my recently diagnosed mom, may be experiencing. Thank you Michael J Fox.

Inspirational as always

I didn't want it to end. Loved listening to MJF narrate. He is one of a kind.

awesome

Michael J. Fox is riveting in this tale of trails and tribulations dealing with his illness.

Lovely!

I really enjoyed this book, especially profound as read by Mr. Fox. By sharing his optimism, his story, struggles and the deep support of and connection with his family and friends he is incredibly inspiring and I am grateful and motivated.

America loves you too!

I loved listening to Mike narrate his book. I enjoyed hearing of the adventures in his life. Keep them coming Mike!

Great Story!

Very well done! At first a little hardy to listen but it became so much easier. Great story with dabs of humor!