{"product_id":"life-story-a-year-of-questions-one-hardcover-book","title":"A Year of Stories: one question a week, one hardcover book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheir story. In their words. In a book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery week for a year, your storyteller gets one question by email. \u003cem\u003eWhat was your first job? How did you meet? What did your kitchen smell like growing up?\u003c\/em\u003e They answer by talking into their phone or by typing. No app to install, no phone calls unless they ask for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe edit the answers into chapters they can read and correct along the way. After the 52nd question we print everything as a 6 × 9 inch hardcover and ship it to you, or to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou order today.\u003c\/strong\u003e A printable gift card for the day you give it, and an invitation link to forward to your storyteller.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThey say yes.\u003c\/strong\u003e Your storyteller opens the invitation and picks a day of the week. We never contact them before they do. Invitations open December 1, 2026, and the first question arrives within a week of them accepting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne question a week.\u003c\/strong\u003e By email, answered by voice note or typing. Chapters build up in a private page only they and you can see.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe book arrives.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover, up to 200 pages, cream paper, with their photographs in black and white. One copy included. Extra copies are $59.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e52 weekly questions over 12 months, with a library to swap any question for one of your own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVoice-note and typed answers, transcribed and edited into readable chapters. We fix spelling and flow and never add a sentence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA private web page to read, correct and add photographs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne 6 × 9 inch hardcover, printed and bound in the US\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA printable gift card for the day you give it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOur promise\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull refund any time before the first question is sent, no questions asked.\u003c\/strong\u003e If your storyteller changes their mind after that, we refund the unused months. We never phone or text your storyteller unless they ask us to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions? Email hello@ayearofstories.com and a person replies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A Year of Stories","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67693717487843,"sku":"LS-YEAR-99","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/5472\/6371\/files\/ayos-book.jpg?v=1792172597","url":"https:\/\/ayearofstories.com\/products\/life-story-a-year-of-questions-one-hardcover-book","provider":"A Year of Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}