{"product_id":"the-pursuit-of-happyness-von-chris-gardner","title":"The Pursuit of Happyness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 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\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Pursuit of Happyness\u003c\/em\u003e conjures heroes like Horatio Alger and Antwone Fisher, and appeals to the very essence of the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780060744878\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780060744878","offer_id":46851124625733,"sku":"9780060744878","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/bcae9d12-56ba-4e68-97b6-bfcc0376b7da.jpg?v=1780977651","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-pursuit-of-happyness-von-chris-gardner","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}