
The Art of Asking
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
By Amanda Palmer & Brené Brown
Narrated by Amanda Palmer / 11 hours 27 minutes
Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world's most successful music Kickstarter.
Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for—as a musician, as a friend, and as a wife. She learns that she isn't alone in this, that so many people are afraid to ask for help, and it paralyzes their lives and relationships. In this groundbreaking book, she explores these barriers in her own life and in the lives of those around her, and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical aspects of The Art of Asking.
Part manifesto, part revelation, this is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet. The Art of Asking will inspire readers to rethink their own ideas about asking, giving, art, and love.Almost ready!
In order to save books to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account.
Log In Create Account
Gift this Audiobook
Simply email this audiobook to a friend or print a certificate for later. Either way, your gift supports local bookstores and lets you share a story with the touch of a button.

“Amanda Palmer joyfully shows a generation how to change their lives.”
Caitlin Moran, author of How to Be a Woman and How to Build a Girl

“This is the kind of book that makes you want to call the author up at midnight to whisper, 'My God. I thought I was the only one.'”
Jenny Lawson, the Bloggess and author of Let's Pretend This Never Happened

“Amanda has a direct line with her audience—a lifeline for them and for her, the codependency all truly great performers surrender to. . . . She's capable of anything, incapable of telling anything but the truth. ”
Bono
Author | Brené Brown & Amanda Palmer |
Narrator | Amanda Palmer |
ISBN | 9781478927402 |
Length | 11 hours 27 minutes |
Language | English |
Publisher | Hachette Audio |
Publication Date | November 11, 2014 |
Abridged | No |


