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| Author | Michael Gates Gill |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Gotham Books |
Publication date | September 12, 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 267 |
| ISBN | 978-1-59240-286-1 |
How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else is a memoir by Michael Gates Gill that chronicles his journey from a high-level advertising executive with J. Walter Thompson to a barista at Starbucks.[1] The book has been optioned by Tom Hanks for a film;[2] filmmaker Gus Van Sant has also been in talks to direct.[2] Gill is the son of famed The New Yorker writer Brendan Gill,[2] and the brother of Charles Gill, author of the 1987 fiction book The Boozer Challenge.[3]
- ^ How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else.
- ^ a b c "Fired exec: 'Starbucks saved my life'". CNN. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ "Books section -- Publishing: A War Memoir by William J. Casey". The New York Times. 1987-10-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.