Memorial and life story books
Your family shares memories and photos. We write and design them into a printed hardback, one memory to every spread.
Two kinds of book
Memorial book
After someone dies, families tell the same stories again and again. A memorial book gathers them from everyone, so they are kept, and shared, for good.
Need something for the funeral? Ask about a short memory booklet; we'll tell you honestly whether we can meet your date.
Memorial book, from £169Life Story book
Made with a parent or grandparent for a big birthday, a retirement or a move into care. They answer the questions, or you answer them together, and we do the writing.
Life Story book, from £169How it works
No one in your family needs to be a writer. Most people simply answer our questions the way they would tell a story at the kitchen table.
Choose an edition and tell us who the book is about.
Relatives answer guided questions and share their photos.
Each memory becomes a page of story beside a photo.
We check every fact, then you approve a proof before print.
Hardbacks go to each home. Order more copies any time.
Our promise
Nothing is printed until a person on our team and your family have checked it.
We work only from what your family tells us. We never invent a detail.
Someone on our team checks every name, date and fact against your family's answers before you see a proof.
Your book is made for your family. We never publish it, sell it or show it to anyone without your written permission.
Inside the book
A 48 to 80 page hardback that reads like a short biography, in an order that follows a life.
Early life
Born above the bakery
Margaret was born in March 1938, in the flat above her father's bakery. She fell asleep to the sound of the ovens being lit, and was paid in currant buns for folding paper bags.
Editions and prices
Every book includes the questions, the writing, the design, a person's fact check, a proof to approve and UK delivery.
£169
Includes one hardback · extra copies £35
£289
Five hardbacks · further copies £35
£169
Includes one hardback · extra copies £35
See every edition, including the funeral booklet and Heirloom book
Founding families
We are a new publisher. For our first ten Memorial or Life Story books we are taking £40 off, in return for your honest feedback on how we did.
Questions
No. You answer simple questions, by typing or with short notes, and we do the writing. Most answers are a few sentences long.
That's fine. Phone photos and photos of old prints both work, and a spread without a photo can carry a quote from someone in the family instead.
Tell us who the book is for. We'll reply by email with the questions and next steps. There's nothing to pay until you decide to go ahead.