书名：The Pursuit of Happyness当幸福来敲门 

作者：Chris Gardner 

出版社名称：Amistad 

出版时间：2006 

语种：英文 

ISBN：9780060744878 

商品尺寸：13.5 x 1.8 x 20.3 cm 

包装：平装 

页数：320（以实物为准）

《当幸福来敲门》（The Pursuit of Happyness）取材真实故事。故事的主角就是当今美国黑人投资专家Chris Gardner。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。根据该书改编的同名电影也非常成功。影评人对这部影片也不吝赞美之词。《纽约时报》评论说：“这部影片是现实世界的童话，史密斯和他儿子的表演更是令人动容。”《滚石》杂志评论：“史密斯正在走向奥斯卡。”而他更荣膺《福布斯》2009年“好莱坞有价值演员”。

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, 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 than Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him as part of the city's working homeless and with a toddler son. 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 among shelters, "HO-tels," soup lines, and even sleeping in the public restroom of a subway station. Never giving in to despair, Gardner made an astonishing transformation from being part of the city's invisible poor to being a powerful player in its financial district. More than a memoir of Gardner's financial success, this is the story of a man who breaks his own family's cycle of men abandoning their children. Mythic, triumphant, and unstintingly honest, The Pursuit of Happyness conjures heroes like Horatio Alger and Antwone Fisher, and appeals to the very essence of the American Dream.

在《当幸福来敲门》这本温馨、励志、令人落泪的自传中，作者克里斯·加德纳遭亲生父亲遗弃，继父更是脾气暴虐，克里斯发誓无论将来怎样，都要认真负责地抚养自己孩子长大成人。但克里斯所经历的一切艰难坎坷足以让任何人都意志动摇，在困难时，他和牙牙学语的儿子无家可归，只能将仅有的财产背在背上，一手提着尿布，一手推着婴儿车，流浪街头，甚至寄宿于地铁站洗手间……但他始终没有放弃梦想，以幽默及毅力面对逆境，并凭借过人的智慧与勤恳的努力，终于迎来幸福的时刻——成为一名成功的股票经纪人。

"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.

克里斯·加德纳（Chris Gardner），作者1954年生于威斯康星州密尔沃基市的一个贫寒之家。高中毕业后应征入伍，成为一名实习医师。退伍后进入加州大学医疗中心担任助手职务。1976年，他在旧金山一个医学实验室担任主管，并与他人合著了多篇文章发表在医学杂志上。一个偶然的机会，他决定放弃从医，转而进入收入丰厚的财经领域。凭借自身的努力，没有经验、没有大学教育、没有人际关系的加德纳获得了在Dean Witter Reynolds证券经纪人公司的实习机会，自此进入证券业，并成为华尔街成功的证券投资商。1987年，他在芝加哥创办了自己的经纪公司，成为百万富翁，近年致力在南非扶贫。 Chris Gardneris the chief executive officer of Gardner Rich & Company, a multimillion-dollar brokerage with offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. An avid philanthropist and motivational speaker, Gardner is a recipient of the Father of the Year Award from the National Fatherhood Initiative. He has two children and resides in Chicago and New York.