How to Save Your Own Life
15 Inspiring Lessons Including: Finding Blessings in Disguise, Coping with Life's Greatest Challanges, and Discovering Happiness at Any Age
$51.72
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
28 December 2010
Summary
The author of the New York Times bestseller How Starbucks Saved My Life perks up America with inspiring lessons on finding true happiness at any age and any stage of life.Michael Gill’s lemons-to-lemonade memoir chronicled his transformative year working at Starbucks after losing his high-powered job, his marriage, and his health (he developed a brain tumor). In response to overwhelming requests from readers who wanted to know how they, too, could weather downturns, he has distilled his wisdo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781592406036 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1592406033 |
| Author: | Michael Gates Gill |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Gotham Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 28 December 2010 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 130mm x 13mm |
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Critics Review
“In this poignant follow-up […] Gill-who still serves coffee at a New York Starbucks-examines what exactly he learned during that year. His 15 truisms on how to savor ordinary moments are simple yet powerful reminders.” -Book Page “We are all lucky that Starbucks saved Michael Gates Gill’s life. It enabled him to return with this beautifully written book filled with wisdom, passion, humor and love.” - Jeffrey Zaslow, author The Girls From Ames, coauthor The Last Lecture
About The Author
Michael Gates Gill
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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