In his inspiring memoir, Chris Gardner recalls his difficult rise to the top of the financial world and his unyielding commitment to his son, even in the face of adversities that would have made others quit. Along the way, Gardner, whose father had abandoned him as a child, participates in an internship program for stockbrokers and finds himself homeless on the streets of San Francisco, with his young son. His ambition and smarts win out, and eventually Gardner becomes head of his own successful brokerage firm. (THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS was made into a 2006 movie, starring Will Smith.)