曾經，他以為自己的人生再完美不過，如今卻落得一無所有。

結果，他竟然在最意想不到的星巴克咖啡店，找回了他所錯過的美好，翻轉了他對幸福的定義……

麥可．基爾家世顯赫，又貴為國際廣告公司高階主管，一切的成功宛如水到渠成。想不到，五十歲之後，他的人生完全變了樣——公司嫌他太老裁了他；偶遇的婚外情讓他突然老來得子，卻也毀了他的婚姻和家庭；更糟的是他還長了顆慢性腦瘤，病情未卜……

窮途末路之際，麥可走進紐約曼哈頓區的一家星巴克，享受著僅存的小小奢侈──一杯那堤。正在招募員工的年輕黑人女店長克麗絲朵，不經意問起他是否想要找工作……麥可雖然錯愕，卻也只能像抓住救命的浮木般，接受了這份邀請。

從前，麥可是一身高級西裝來星巴克喝咖啡，如今卻要穿起綠色圍裙，為客人打掃煮咖啡敲收銀機，他覺得顏面掃地，卻又別無選擇。起初，他以為憑自己的能力，要當個星巴克店員應該綽綽有餘，但打從第一天上班，他就明白，這份工作的難度遠遠超越他的預期，他的人生將從此再度歸零、重新學習，而這個特別的所在，也將使他體驗前所未有的心靈奇蹟……

作者簡介

麥可．蓋茲．基爾（Michael Gates Gill）

《紐約客》作家布蘭登．基爾之子，曾擔任華特湯普森廣告公司創意總監，在此工作長達二十五年之久。目前他居住在紐約，每天都走路到離家不遠的星巴克咖啡店上班，而且目前還沒有任何退休計畫，要繼續投入這個他認為一生中最精彩、最美好的工作。

A candid, moving and inspirational memoir about a high-flying business man who is forced to re-evaluate his life and values when he suddenly loses everything and goes to work in Starbucks. Michael Gill had it made. He was educated, wealthy and well-connected. He had a creative and lucrative advertising job, which he loved and which he was good at, and a model family and home life. Then he loses it all. He is fired by a young exec whom he had mentored. He has an extramarital affair that destroys his family and results in a newborn son. Then he is diagnosed with brain cancer. He has no insurance, no income. One day he wanders into Starbucks and by chance signs up for a job interview. His would-be boss is a young black woman who gives him a job, and sets about training him and mentoring him. What follows is an inspirational eye-opener as Gill experiences a whole new world compared to his former life -- with people from completely different ethnic and social backgrounds. ’How Starbucks Saved My Life’ follows Gill’s journey of discovery as gradually he is forced to question his ingrained assumptions, prejudices and habits.Gill emerges from his fall from grace with humility and gratitude. His new-found empathy teaches him how anyone who has lost their way, or made a mistake, can start again.