{"product_id":"ebook-what-else-to-ask-150-questions-for-the-kitchen-table-the-car-and-the-sunday-phone-call","title":"Ebook: What Else to Ask — 150 Questions for the Kitchen Table, the Car and the Sunday Phone Call","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA printed journal does one job well: it puts a question on the page and leaves a line underneath it. What it can't do is follow up. A page never says \u003cem\u003ehang on — what happened to him?\u003c\/em\u003e And that second question is nearly always where the real story is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat's what this is for. One hundred and fifty questions to ask out loud, in ordinary situations, when there's no book open and nobody is trying to be profound. The car, the washing-up, the end of the weekly phone call — the three places people say things they'd never say across a table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAsk \"what was your childhood like\" and you get a summary she's given a hundred times. Ask what the front door looked like and whether it stuck, and forty minutes later you're hearing about the man who painted it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e150 questions in fifteen sets\u003c\/strong\u003e — the house and the street, her mother and father, school, being young, work and money, love, the kitchen, coming here from somewhere else, the year everything changed, friends and neighbours, becoming a parent, belief and luck, photographs, and where she is now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSix rules for asking\u003c\/strong\u003e, including the only three follow-ups you actually need\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe twelve to ask first\u003c\/strong\u003e, in order, if you only get one afternoon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA full set for anyone who arrived from another country\u003c\/strong\u003e — the questions printed journals almost always miss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTen questions to ask of a photograph\u003c\/strong\u003e, so the box of unlabelled faces stops being unlabelled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow to record an hour of her voice properly on a phone\u003c\/strong\u003e — the five-minute setup that decides whether you get her voice or a humming fridge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to write her answers down so they still sound like her\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat to say when she deflects\u003c\/strong\u003e — the four things people say instead of answering, and what each one actually means\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA twelve-month plan\u003c\/strong\u003e that adds up to about four hours, spread thinly enough that it actually gets done\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAnyone who has a guided memory journal on the go, or who simply wants better questions than \"so, tell me about your life.\" Works for a mother, father, grandparent, aunt, or the family friend who's been at every Christmas since before you were born.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caelum Online","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46507651399866,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/7636\/6522\/files\/Caelum-Online_What-Else-to-Ask_cover.png?v=1788013768","url":"https:\/\/caelumonline.com\/products\/ebook-what-else-to-ask-150-questions-for-the-kitchen-table-the-car-and-the-sunday-phone-call","provider":"Caelum Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}