Always Looking Up

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<p><i>'At the turn from our bedroom into the hallway, there is an old full-length mirror in a wooden frame ... This reflected version of myself, shaking, rumpled, pinched and slightly stooped, would be alarming were it not for the self-satisfied expression pasted across my face. I would ask the obvious question, "What are you smiling about?" but I already know the answer: "It just gets better from here."'</i></p><p>Struck with Parkinson's - a debilitating, degenerative disease - at the height of his fame, Michael J. Fox has taken what some might consider cause for depression and turned it into a beacon of hope for millions.</p><p>In<i>Always Looking Up</i>, Michael's<i>Sunday Times</i>bestselling memoir, he writes with warmth, humour and incredible honesty about the journey he has undertaken since he came to terms with his condition.</p>

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Michael J. Fox is best known today for his hit Channel Four sitcom<i>Spin City</i>that he also produced. In the eighties he became an international mega-star, first through TV shows such as<i>Family Ties</i>, then through the record-breaking<i>Back To The Future</i>movies. He launched the Michael J. Fox foundation for Parkinson's Research in 2000, which has leapt to the forefront of the effort to find a cure. He lives with his family in New York City.

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