The Life Story
Their story, in their words.
Because the way your mom tells it is the story. We record your mom, your dad, or a grandparent in three relaxed conversations, write it up in their voice, and go over it with you. One service, one intro price.
What’s included
Everything below comes with every Life Story. A printed book or family website can be added any time.
Three recorded interviews.
About 90 minutes each, at their kitchen table or by video. Relaxed conversations about the stories they actually tell. This is a conversation, not a questionnaire. Each interview builds on the one before, so the stories get deeper as we go.
One review session.
We sit down with you and the draft. You tell us what to fix, what to add, and what to leave out. Correct a date, fix a name, add the story your uncle always tells at dinner. Anything you add is marked as family memory.
The digital download.
Their finished life story, written in their own voice, ready to read, share with the family, and print at home. Send it to every grandchild. Save it next to the family photos. It is yours to keep.
Want it in print?
A printed hardcover book or a private family website is extra. We talk about both on your call, and you can add them any time after.
- Printed hardcover book.
- Private family website with their voice.
Their voice, kept
So the grandkids can hear them.
A private family website with audio clips and transcripts from every interview. You decide who in the family can open it.
What a page looks like
Their words, shaped into a story.
An illustration of how a page reads, using a made-up family. It is not a page from a real story.
Chapter three · The streetcar years
“Your grandpa drove the car I took to work. I rode it every morning that winter, and by spring he was saving me a seat.”1
She tells it as if she planned the whole thing.2 He always said it was his idea. The family has never settled it, so the story keeps both versions, in their words.
Notes
- 1Her words. Interview two.
- 2Family memory. Added by her daughter in the review session.
Price and payment
$999The Life Story, intro price
What it covers
Three recorded interviews, one review session, and the finished story as a digital download.
What’s extra
A printed hardcover book or a private family website. We price them with you on your call.
Bank transfer by invoice is the default. Checks and cards work too.
Giving it as a gift? We send a printed certificate to give. How gifting works
Every agreement covers
- Who owns the manuscript and who may publish it
- An interview release
- Privacy for living relatives
- A pause and exit clause if your parent gets sick