The Search For God And Guiness (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
More than a book about beer, it's a book about a very successful family who took their obligations to God, society, and their fellow man seriously. Long before tech companies like Google offered perks like gourmet meals to their employees, Guinness gave their employees incredible benefits that no company would even consider offering. It's also the story of a family that, generation after generation, remained focused on improving their product and ensuring that everyone who wanted a perfect pint of Guinnness, anywhere in the world, could get one, sometimes at great cost to themselves. I read this book on the flight over to Ireland for my vacation in March. It is a very easy read, engaging and fun.Mansfield tells a lot of interesting stories about the Guinness family and their devotion to God. He tells about the brewers, the bankers, and the preachers--and he is careful to show that they weren't one group of Guinnesses that loved God while the others loved beer or money; all three branches served God in one way or another and at one time or another. Reading the book reminded me why I love Guinness and gave me more reasons to love it. It also gave me a context for the city of Dublin--which city I would be in when my flight landed--that made my vacation all the more interesting.I think I would have enjoyed it just as much all the same, but it was neat to follow the reading of this book with a trip through Ireland. Mansfield also added to the interest of the book by comparing the Guinness family and its practices to our own business culture today, with some nice takeaways.That being said, the Guinness family is a family worth loving and admiring, as the book makes very clear.
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