Heirloom Memoirs
Most families mean to ask. Then one day — they can’t.
We sit down with your parent, record their life in their own words, and turn it into a hardcover book your family keeps for generations.
Free · 30 minutes · No commitment required.
Not ready to talk yet? Take the free Family Story Test
- 9Life chapters explored per book
- 3–6Hours of guided conversation
- 1Founder, from first call to finished book
- 3Revision rounds before anything prints
The Library
Real lives. Real books. Real families holding them.
Every book on this shelf began as a conversation with one of our two founders, and ended as a hardcover in someone’s hands. The space at the end is for the next one.
In His Own Words
“Oh, I’d say do it.
— Dick, born in Detroit, 1939
I think it’s a great thing.”
We asked Dick what he’d tell someone thinking about doing this for their family. Thirty seconds, unscripted, on the day his book arrived.
Now turn the pages of his book, A Good Life ↓Open a Real Legacy Book
Don’t take our word for it. Turn the pages.
This is Dick’s book — printed, bound, and delivered to his family. Drag a corner and read it the way they do.
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Cover
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Free · The Family Story Test
How much of your parent’s story do you actually know?
Ten questions about your mom or dad. Answer them yourself, count the blanks, and you’ll see exactly which stories are still only in their memory.
- The 10-question test and what your score means
- Five questions to open Chapter One with them this week
- A page from Dick’s real book, and how his story ends, the next day
Free PDF, sent to your inbox · Ten minutes and a pen · We never share your details.
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Common Questions
Everything families ask before they start.
How does Legacy Storybook work?
In five steps. The interview — three to six hours of unhurried, recorded conversation with one of our founders. The photographs — you gather the pictures that matter, and we set them into the story. Writing & design — their life, written true to their voice, with a cover made for them. Your review — three revision rounds, and nothing prints until you’ve signed off. Delivery — printed, bound hardcovers, delivered to your door. Watch Filmon walk through all five.
Who actually conducts the interviews?
One of our two founders, every time. You won’t be assigned a freelance writer and you won’t be handed between people: the same person who sits down with your loved one writes the book and sees it through to print.
How much does a Legacy Storybook memoir cost?
There are three packages — The Storybook, The Legacy Book and The Family Experience — and the price depends on how much of a life you want captured. We don’t list figures here because the right package is a conversation, not a checkbox. We walk you through all three on a free 30-minute call with no commitment. Compare what each package includes.
How much time does my loved one need to give?
Two or three recorded sessions of about 90 minutes each, depending on the package — three to six hours of conversation in total. The sessions are unhurried by design; that is the whole point of them.
What exactly do we get at the end?
A professionally written, full-colour hardcover book of up to 9 life chapters, laid out with your family’s photographs, and three printed copies. The Legacy Book and The Family Experience also include a digital archive.
What if we’re not happy with how the book reads?
Every package includes three revision rounds — factual corrections, structural feedback and tone adjustments. If after all three rounds it still doesn’t sound like your loved one, we keep working at no additional cost. And nothing goes to print until you have read every word and given your sign-off.
What if they don’t think their story is interesting enough?
Almost everyone says this at first, and the interview is built for it — the craft is in asking the question that opens the door. As one of the people we’ve worked with put it: You don’t realize how much is still in there until someone knows how to ask.
Do you offer a rate for veterans or people in senior care?
Yes. For veterans, and for anyone in assisted living, board-and-care, skilled nursing, home health or hospice, we offer The Storybook at a special rate — because these are exactly the stories that can’t wait. Ask about it on your free call. Read more about the special rate.
Want to start the conversation yourself? Read our free guide, Questions to Ask Your Parents About Their Life, or browse all guides.
Filmon HaileCo-Founder
Eleonso CristobalCo-FounderYou won’t be assigned a writer. You’ll get one of us.
About Our Founders
Pharmacists by training. Storytellers by what the job taught us.
There’s a particular kind of conversation that happens at a pharmacy counter — one that never makes it into the job description. You learn quickly that people don’t need another clinical interaction. They need someone who will slow down and actually see them. Legacy Storybook is our answer.
Trained as a PharmD, Filmon discovered his passion for storytelling while working in a nursing home in Alaska — inspired by the depth, wisdom, and untold stories each resident carried. Eleonso spent years as a pharmacist standing at the intersection of medicine and grief — watching families receive diagnoses, navigate end-of-life decisions, and leave the counter carrying more than a prescription. He co-founded Legacy Storybook because he kept meeting people whose lives deserved a book, and no one was writing it.
Take the First Step
Be the someone who made it happen.
Every Legacy book starts with one conversation. Tell us a little about the person whose story deserves to be told.
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