A candid moving & inspirational memoir about a high-flying business man who is forced to re-evaluate his life & values when he suddenly loses everything & goes to work in Starbucks Michael Gill had it made He was educated wealthy & well-connected He had a creative & lucrative advertising job which he loved & which he was good at & a model family & home life Then he loses it all He is fired by a young exec whom he had mentored He has an extramarital affair that destroys his family & results in a newborn son Then he is diagnosed with brain cancer He has no insurance no income One day he wanders into Starbucks & by chance signs up for a job interview His would-be boss is a young black woman who gives him a job & sets about training him & mentoring him What follows is an inspirational eye-opener as Gill experiences a whole new world compared to his former life
- with people from completely different ethnic & social backgrounds How Starbucks Saved My Life' follows Gill's journey of discovery as gradually he is forced to question his ingrained assumptions prejudices & habits Gill emerges from his fall from grace with humility & gratitude His new-found empathy teaches him how anyone who has lost their way or made a mistake can start again