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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned Hardcover - 2010

by Michael J. Fox

This optimistic volume by the author of the bestselling "Always Looking Up" inspires and motivates readers to work hard, achieve the most they can, and maximize their abilities.


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A personal and hilarious gift for graduates. Michael J. Fox abandoned high school to pursue an acting career, but went on to receive honorary degrees from several universities and garner the highest accolades for his acting, as well as for his writing. In his new book, he inspires and motivates graduates to recognize opportunities, maximize their abilities, and roll with the punches--all with his trademark optimism, warmth, and humor. In A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future, Michael draws on his own life experiences to make a case that real learning happens when "life goes skidding sideways." He writes of coming to Los Angeles from Canada at age eighteen and attempting to make his way as an actor. Fox offers up a comically skewed take on how, in his own way, he fulfilled the requirements of a college syllabus. He learned Economics as a starving artist; an unexpected turn as a neophyte activist schooled him in Political Science; and his approach to Comparative Literature involved stacking books up against their movie versions.

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  • Title A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned
  • Author Michael J. Fox
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 112
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hachette Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2010-04-13
  • ISBN 9781401323868 / 1401323863
  • Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 7 x 5.4 x 0.51 in (17.78 x 13.72 x 1.30 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010003786
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Entertainment Weekly, 04/23/2010, Page 119
  • People Weekly, 04/26/2010, Page 52

About the author

Michael J. Fox began his career as the lovable Alex P. Keaton, the star of the poular sitcom Family Ties. Since then, his career has been a nonstop success story, with blockbuster movies like Back to the Future, The Secret of My Success, Doc Hollywood, and the lead voice in Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He retired from his award-winning role on Spin City. Michael has won numerous awards, including four Golden Globes, four Emmys, two Screen Actors Guild awards, GQ Man of the Year, and the People's Choice award. He actively lobbies for stem cell research around the country and is very visible in raising money for Parkinsons research with the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
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