作者：ChrisGardner
出版社：Amistad
出版年：2006-10-24
页数：320
定价：USD14.99
装帧：Paperback
ISBN：9780060744878
内容简介
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Book Description
Presents a story of the charismatic Chris Gardner – a once homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street. At the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of the Navy, arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness" is the inspiring, rags-to-riches story of the charismatic Chris Gardner – a once homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street. At the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of the Navy, arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. Considered a prodigy in scientific research, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him homeless with his toddler son. Instead of giving in to despair, the two spent almost a year moving from shelters, "HO-tels", and soup-lines, even sleeping in the public restroom of a subway station – ultimately making an astonishing transformation from the bathroom to the boardroom.
Book Dimension
length: (cm)21.4 width:(cm)20.3
作者简介
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本书是美国著名黑人投资专家克里斯·加德纳生平的真实写照，他用生命诠释了责任和奋斗以及如何去实现梦想，永不放弃梦想，永远奋力前行。书名中“Happyness”的拼写错误其实别具匠心，它暗指了书中一个非常重要的场景，读者可亲自揭开谜底。
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it wasn’t a white thing or a black thing,it was a green thing.
太感动了，淦，看完电影再去看的小说，文中父亲带孩子住卫生间那一幕，是真的没忍住哭出来。
电影只选取了作者的一小段历程，而且电影作了很大改动，与书关联很小。此书作者从幼年开始回忆，家暴继父和同母异父姐妹，漫无目地成长和自我学习。母亲对作者的正面影响较大，一个贫民区黑人从一无所有到走向成功的确很励志。还有，作者与前任复合了还生了一个女儿，惊喜吗？
只能是还行。我先看了电影再看这本书，所以期待有点高。电影里的 Chris 把他的生活单独割裂下来了，只展现了他刚进股票交易所工作的那一段时间。我很敬佩他在这么艰难的生活中都没有自暴自弃，反而不断努力争取更好的生活。这本书从他的童年开始讲起，侧重介绍他为什么会努力，为什么会这么爱他的儿子，但是并不如电影那么震撼人心。而且，里面太多成人角度的内容，很不适合推荐给中学生看。如果家里有还在上学的孩子，还是…
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