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:: CAREER - NONACTING PROJECTS ::
LUCKY MAN: A MEMOIR |
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GENERAL
BOOK INFORMATION
PUBLISHER
:: Hyperion
U.S. RELEASE DATE :: April 2, 2002
NUMBER OF PAGES :: 288 (Hard Cover)
ISBN NUMBER :: 0786867647
JACKET DESIGN :: Phil Rose
JACKET PHOTOGRAPHS :: Mark Seliger
AVAILABLE VERSIONS:
--Hardcover (1st)
--Hardcover: Large Print
--Paper Back
--Audio Cassette: Abridged
--Audio Cassette: Unabridged
--Audio CD: Abridged
--Audio CD: Unabridged
--Digital: Download for Adobe Reader
--Digital: Download for Microsoft Reader |
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| WEBMASTER'S
REVIEW :: WARNING - SPOILERS |
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When
you've grown up admiring someone from afar, picking up and reading
any biography about that person can make you leery. What if it says
something you just didn't want to know? What if you find out that
person you admire is really an ass who doesn't deserve the praise
and adoration that they've received?
I felt that way when I first obtained Lucky Man: A Memoir. Yes,
it was an AUTO-biography, rather than a biography, meaning that
the subject could write whatever he wished about himself. However,
if anything I had read about Michael J. Fox in the past was true,
I knew his tendency to speak plainly and truthfully.
In Lucky Man: A Memoir, Michael J. Fox does just that and some parts
are hard to read. It's not easy to read about someone you admire
waking up on his couch after a bender to find his wife looking at
him with pity and utter boredom.
After reading this book, however, I found that I have good reason
to keep on admiring this man and those reasons are much more substantive
than his acting ability or charming demeanor. I found that I can
now admire him for his willingness to be honest about his shortcomings,
and for his bravery in facing his affliction in such a positive
light as well as his acting talent with which he has been charming
us all for decades. |
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