How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
by Michael Gates Gill | Health, Mind & Body | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9781592404049 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9781592404049 Global Overview for this book
Registered by mellion108 of Waterford, Michigan USA on 3/14/2009
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I've been hearing about this book for quite a while now. I found a copy last weekend at the Salvation Army thrift store and decided to take the plunge.
Paperback, 268 pages
From the back cover:
In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a wife and loving children, a six-figure salary, and an Ivy League education. But in a few short years, he lost his job, got divorced, and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. With no money or health insurance, he was forced to get a job at Starbucks. Having gone from power lunches to scrubbing toilets, from being served to serving, Michael was a true fish out of water.
But fate brings an unexpected teacher into his life, one who opens his eyes to what living well really looks like. The two seem to have nothing in common: She is a young African-American; the daughter of a drug addict; he is used to being the boss but reports to her now. For the first time in his life he experiences being a member of a minoirty trying hard to survive in a challenging new job. He learns the value of hard work and humility, as well as what it truly means to respect another person.
Behind the scenes at one of America's most intriguing businesses, an inspiring friendship is born, a family begins to heal, and thanks to his unlikely mentor, Michael Gates Gill experiencs a sense of self-worth and happiness he has never known before.
The son of New Yorker writer Brendan Gill, Michael Gates Gill was a creative director at J. Walter Thompson Advertising, where he was employed for over twenty-five years. He lives in New York within walking distance of the Starbucks store where he works, and has no plans to retire from what he calls the best job he's ever had.
Paperback, 268 pages
From the back cover:
In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a wife and loving children, a six-figure salary, and an Ivy League education. But in a few short years, he lost his job, got divorced, and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. With no money or health insurance, he was forced to get a job at Starbucks. Having gone from power lunches to scrubbing toilets, from being served to serving, Michael was a true fish out of water.
But fate brings an unexpected teacher into his life, one who opens his eyes to what living well really looks like. The two seem to have nothing in common: She is a young African-American; the daughter of a drug addict; he is used to being the boss but reports to her now. For the first time in his life he experiences being a member of a minoirty trying hard to survive in a challenging new job. He learns the value of hard work and humility, as well as what it truly means to respect another person.
Behind the scenes at one of America's most intriguing businesses, an inspiring friendship is born, a family begins to heal, and thanks to his unlikely mentor, Michael Gates Gill experiencs a sense of self-worth and happiness he has never known before.
The son of New Yorker writer Brendan Gill, Michael Gates Gill was a creative director at J. Walter Thompson Advertising, where he was employed for over twenty-five years. He lives in New York within walking distance of the Starbucks store where he works, and has no plans to retire from what he calls the best job he's ever had.
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