Michael Gates Gill lived a life of sheer luxury. A high- powered executive at an exclusive Ad Agency in New York City that catered to the likes of Lee Iacocca, Michael lived a dream life that only few could ever hope to achieve. With an Ivy League education and a loving family, Michael toured the circuit and rubbed elbows with the rich and famous almost every day of his life. Of course, success does have its price, but Michael was willing to skip familial obligations and milestones in his children's lives so that he could provide the perfect life for himself and the ones he loved. Isn't that what's most important in life?

When all of a sudden his luck changes and he finds himself without a job, Michael is forced to change gears as he slowly watches his life turn into shambles. His twenty year marriage abruptly comes to an end and his financial security becomes non-existent. As if things weren't bad enough, he discovers that he has a brain tumor that needs to be removed; however, without health insurance, the probability of the operation is quite nil.

As if the heavens had heard his cry, one bleak, cold morning he walks into his favorite establishment, Starbucks, and accepts a position as a barista. He, a man who had turned up his nose at the working class all of his life, now finds himself serving lattes and cappuccinos to the very people he once belittled as well as to his peers who much to their chagrin, can't believe that this once powerful man is now subjected to a service job just to survive. What unfolds is a life changing experience that enables him to pull himself up by his bootstraps and discover the real meaning of life while finally finding his true self in the process.

Poignant, entertaining, and life-altering. HOW STARBUCKS SAVED MY LIFE is an inspirational story that tears at the reader's heartstrings and makes you take a step back and examine your own life in the process. If ever there was a book that should be on everyone's reading list, this one most certainly would be it.