Step 1: Record Conversations
Sit down with someone you love and hit record. Use our guided prompts or just chat naturally. 5-10 conversations, 15-30 minutes each.
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Have a few conversations with someone you love. We turn their words into a beautifully written memoir, a hardcover book to treasure for generations.
No writing required. Just talk.
First story is free
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"The summer of '63, it all began..."
Recording
12:34
How It Works
Step 2: We Write & Design
Our AI transcribes every word, then transforms rambling conversations into polished, beautifully written chapters, while keeping their unique voice.
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Step 3: Receive Your Book
Get a professionally printed hardcover delivered to your door. Scan any QR code to hear the storyteller tell that story in their own voice.
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Most families finish in under 5 hours total. Your first story is free.
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What You Record
"Oh, the day I met your father? Well, let me think... it was, um, 1962 I think? No wait, '63. We were at that dance, you know the one at St. Mary's. I almost didn't go that night because my friend Betty (you remember Betty?), she was sick and I didn't want to go alone. But my mother, she pushed me out the door. 'Go have fun,' she said. And there he was, standing by the punch bowl looking all nervous..."
2:34 recording
What You Get
Chapter 3: The Punch Bowl
It was autumn of 1963 when Margaret almost missed the night that would change her life. Her best friend Betty had fallen ill, and the thought of attending the St. Mary's parish dance alone felt unbearable. But her mother wouldn't hear of it.
"Go have fun," her mother insisted, practically pushing her out the door.
And there, standing nervously by the punch bowl in his Sunday best, was a young man who would become her husband of 58 years...
Every word is real. We just help it read like a story.
What families are saying about The Life Before Me
Every family has a story worth preserving.
I thought Dad would hate being recorded. He talked for two hours and asked when we could do it again.
My grandmother's voice is in this book now. My children will hear her laugh, fifty years from now.
I had tried three times with journals. This is the first thing that actually worked. The questions just opened him up.
Names and details changed to protect family privacy.
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Memoir: Full refund within 30 days, no questions asked.
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Stories from families who have used The Life Before Me
"I never thought I had much of a story. Then I started talking."
"I started this with my mom two years ago. She passed last spring. When I finished the book, I finally understood who she was before she was my mother."
Their story deserves to be heard
A few conversations today become a book your family will treasure for generations.