How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else, (Paperback)

from kendy15

What happens when a privileged white man loses everything? For example, he loses his cushy job and good health due to age, he loses his wife due to adultery, and on and on. At his lowest point he is offered a job at Starbucks, which he accepts because of his desperation and also the fabulous heal...

from hannahbond

Good coffee is one of my passions, and so I was hooked in by the title of this book. The book is more similar to a hot chocolate with whipped cream than it is to a robust Kona coffee, but it makes for an enjoyable couple of hours read. The basic premise is that humbling labor can make you refresh...

from patricia_poland

Gill's straight-forward telling of how he began a new career at almost 70 would have been better if he hadn't done so much of the name-dropping thing. (I realize he was trying to tell us about his past life, but maybe one telling of being with someone famous would have been enough). Good informat...

from debnance

What percentage of people hate their jobs? It is high. Michael Gates Gill hated his job, but the enormous salary kept him plugging away at it. Then his company did him a favor: they fired him. Gill tried to start his own advertising company, but it was never successful. One day he found himself i...

from lonepalm

Disappointing Jumble: I'm not sure where to start with this review. I really, really wanted to like this book. I am a Creative Director (albeit not nearly as successful as the author was) and I recently spent 18 months out of work and had started to comtemplate a retail job when I was fortunate t...