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Michael Gates Gill has 4 past events. (show) Michael Gill's lemons-to-lemonade memoir chronicled his transformative years 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, ... (more)Event location: Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch
A Cappella Books: How to Save Your Own Life by Michael Gates Gill (January 18, 2010 at) Michael Gates Gill reads from How to Save Your Own Life: 15 Lessons on Finding Hope in Unexpected Places. Michael Gates Gill, son of legendary New Yorker writer Brendan Gill, and author of How Starbucks Saved My Life presents his follow-up, How to Save Your Own Life: 15 Lessons on Finding Hope in Unexpected Places. If you cannot attend the reading and would like to purchase signed copies ... (more)Event location: The Opal Gallery, 484 B-2 Moreland Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30307
About How to Save Your Own Life: 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.
Warwick's: Michael Gates Gill (September 8, 2008 at) Acclaimed debut memoirist, Michael Gates Gill will be at Warwick's on Monday, September 8 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his book, How Starbucks Saved My Life. In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a loving family, and a top job at an ad agency with a six-figure salary. ... (more)
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