The Pursuit of Happyness (Abridged)
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (817 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FTCJG4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Yet as good as the narrator is, by the third CD listeners may not be able to shake the feeling that he's an actor reading someone else's words. This is a moving story whose audio version might have been better served with more dramatic devices. From Publishers Weekly Gardner's inspiring rags-to-riches memoir of his transformation from homeless single father to philanthropic owner of a multimillion-dollar brokerage house somehow has less of an impact in audio than on paper. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. . Blake has an excellent, manly voice, perfect intonation and excellent streetwise cursing abilities (a crucial part of Gardner's account of his relationship with his stepfather). Since Gardner's love of jazz is a running theme, the evocative jazz trumpet music at the beginning and end of each CD is appropriate; even more between-tracks music might have been effective where the narrator's pauses are not l
Good read Diana The book came in great condition. It was a requirement for one of my reading classes and came in a timely fashion. Personally, i would never have read this book, but actually ended up liking it after the class was over. As usual, there are more details in the book than in the movie. I would recommend reading the book first!!. Kim Brewer said Hard work in the midst of adversity does pay off. When a movie based on a book comes out, I usually like to read the book beforehand. Which is why I haven't seen the movie yet, anyway, I finally get around to reading this book and am not disappointed. What amazes me about Mr. Gardner is his willingness to learn things and how quickly he learns them. That, paired with a tenacio. Great book to read about what the American dream is Great book to read about what the American dream is and how it can be achieved through adversity. I watched the movie first and loved it but after reading the book, I hate the movie. They should have been more truthful on Chris's personality, they missed a lot of key aspects. I love that Chris didn't leave any of his mistakes h
Chris Gardner is the chief executive officer of Gardner Rich & Company, a multimillion-dollar brokerage with offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. He has two children and resides in Chicago and New York.. An avid philanthropist and motivational speaker, Gardner is a recipient of the Father of the Year Award from the National Fatherhood Initiative
However, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Here is the story of a man who breaks his own family's cycle of men abandoning their children, a story that appeals to the very essence of the American Dream.Read by Andre Blake. The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a 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, Chris Gardner arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. 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 part of the city's working homeless with his toddler son. Never giving in to despair, Gardner makes an astonishing transformation from being part of the city's invisible to being a powerful player in its financial district. Motivated by the promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own children, the two spent almost a year moving from shelters, "HO-tels", and soup-lines