The Pursuit of Happyness in book reviews
- May 13, 2014, 3:50 a.m.
- |
- Public
author: Chris Gardner
I never got to see the movie with Will Smith, but bought the book YEARS ago. Mr. Gardner's memoir is heartwrenching.
An amazingly smart man, quick learner in many different fields, Gardner had trouble getting his feet under him for various reasons. He tried different types of jobs, but without the college (and already in his mid to late twenties) he had to find SOMETHING to make enough money, challenge his brain in the right way in order to raise his son.
Due to circumstances with the boy's mother, he becomes homeless. That's hard enough to deal with alone, but when the mother returns and brings the boy, Gardner has to deal with being homeless AND raising his son.
The rest is history. He is an amazing success story. The book is a quick, uplifting read.
Ragdolls ⋅ May 13, 2014
Nebiyah ⋅ May 31, 2014
I haven't read the book but I did see the movie. Loved it.
Darcy0207 from OD Nebiyah ⋅ May 31, 2014
After reading the book, I am thinking about seeing the movie. It's sort of like "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" - ease the public in slowly to something that is a way of life for so many people, but somehow sugar coat it. In Pursuit of Happyness, the father is a genius and has an excellent job AND is still homeless. In "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", the dinner guest is black, but he's a DOCTOR.