TY - BOOK N2 - In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house, a loving family, and a six-figure salary. By sixty, he had lost everything: downsized at work, divorced at home, and diagnosed with a slow-growing brain tumor, Gill had no money, no insurance, and no prospects. He took a job at Starbucks, and for the first time in his life, he was a minority--the only older white guy working with a team of young African-Americans. He was forced to acknowledge his prejudices and admit that his new job was hard. And his younger coworkers, despite half the education and twice the personal difficulties, were running circles around him. Crossing over the Starbucks bar was the beginning of a transformation that cracked his world wide open. When all of his defenses and the armor of entitlement had been stripped away, a humbler, happier and gentler man remained.--From publisher description. AB - In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house, a loving family, and a six-figure salary. By sixty, he had lost everything: downsized at work, divorced at home, and diagnosed with a slow-growing brain tumor, Gill had no money, no insurance, and no prospects. He took a job at Starbucks, and for the first time in his life, he was a minority--the only older white guy working with a team of young African-Americans. He was forced to acknowledge his prejudices and admit that his new job was hard. And his younger coworkers, despite half the education and twice the personal difficulties, were running circles around him. Crossing over the Starbucks bar was the beginning of a transformation that cracked his world wide open. When all of his defenses and the armor of entitlement had been stripped away, a humbler, happier and gentler man remained.--From publisher description. T1 - How Starbucks saved my life :a son of privilege learns to live like everyone else / DA - c2007. CY - New York : AU - Gill, Michael CN - CT275.G4163 CN - CT275.G4163 PB - Gotham Books, PP - New York : PY - c2007. ID - 466577 KW - Advertising executives KW - Marketing consultants KW - Coffeehouses KW - Acoustic neuroma SN - 9781592402861 SN - 1592402860 TI - How Starbucks saved my life :a son of privilege learns to live like everyone else / LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007008168-d.html LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007008168-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007008168-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007008168-b.html ER -