Someone should write this down
One guided question a week. Type your answer or say it out loud, add the photographs, and we print the whole thing as a hardback they will keep.
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How it works
Step 1
Choose what to ask
Pick the parts of their life worth keeping. We send one question a week, by email or text, and they answer whenever suits them.
Step 2
They tell it their way
They can type it, speak it into a phone, or tell you over Sunday lunch. Photographs go in beside the stories they belong to.
Step 3
We print their book
When the last question is answered we edit, typeset and bind it. A hardback in their own voice, shipped free.
From our community
The people who already have theirs
“I bought this for my mother, and she looks forward to answering the questions every week. Watching her put her whole life into a book for us has been incredible. If you're looking for a gift for an older parent that actually means something, this is it.”
“My son gave me LifePages as a present and I wasn't sure at first, but I'm so glad he did. The questions brought back memories I hadn't thought about in decades, and the finished book is beautiful. My grandchildren will have it long after I'm gone.”
“I've never been much of a writer, but LifePages made it easy. You just answer one question at a time and the book takes shape on its own. The quality of the hardback surprised me. It looks like something you'd buy in a shop. A wonderful thing to be able to hand down.”
“My daughter ordered this for my 70th birthday. I've spent the past few months writing about my childhood, my parents, and how I met her mother. She said she learned things about me she never knew. That alone made it worth every minute.”
4.7 from 14,194 reviews
You bring the memories.
We do the rest.
Every plan includes:
- LifePages platform with 50 guided questions
- Answer by typing or speaking, at your own pace
- Professional editing and full page layout
- Your name and title on a cover color you choose
- One premium hardback, shipped free to the UK, US and EU
- Up to 500 pages and 100 photographs
- Free UK, US & EU shipping
- Support from real people
What people say when the box arrives
Based on 14,194 reviews onTrustpilot
I started this three times over the years
I am 74 and I have started this project three separate times over the years. A blank page beat me every time. Getting one question a week in my inbox is what finally worked. I just answered it like a letter to my grandkids.
Ellen Ratcliffe, Asheville, NC · March 2026
Things I had genuinely forgotten
Questions I never would have thought to ask myself pulled up things I had genuinely forgotten. The summer my father rebuilt the porch. The name of our first dog. Forty years came back one answer at a time.
Frank Delgado, Tucson, AZ · February 2026
My mother is not a computer person
My mother is not a computer person. She talked her answers into her phone and we uploaded the photos together on Sundays. It became the reason we called each other every week.
Nicole Barrett, Columbus, OH · January 2026
I read the first chapter on the front steps
When the box arrived I sat on the front steps and read the first chapter before I got inside. Seeing my own name on a real hardback did something I was not prepared for.
Marta Sowinski, Portland, OR · December 2025
One question at a time, with coffee
I did mine in the mornings with coffee, one question at a time, and it never once felt like a chore. Six months later there was a book on the porch with my name on it.
Douglas Wren, Bozeman, MT · March 2026
He finished early and asked for more
We bought it for my father-in-law and honestly expected him to abandon it by week three. He finished early and immediately asked what else he could add.
Priya Raman, Naperville, IL · February 2026
It came back sounding exactly like me
The editing was the part I was nervous about. It came back sounding exactly like me, just without the run-on sentences I have been writing my whole life.
Curtis Hyde, Savannah, GA · February 2026
All three of my sisters got a copy
I have three sisters and we all got a copy. Two of them called me crying, which for our family is roughly a standing ovation.
Bernadette Alonzo, Albuquerque, NM · January 2026
I thought I was doing it for the kids
What surprised me was how much I enjoyed the answering itself. I thought I was doing it for the kids. It turned out I was doing it for me.
Ray Feldman, Bangor, ME · January 2026
My grandson helped me scan the photographs
Scanning the old photographs took me a weekend and my grandson helped. Seeing them printed next to the right story was worth every minute of it.
Alma Whitfield, Baton Rouge, LA · December 2025
Everything you need to tell it
Questions chosen for you
Pick the chapters of your life that matter, and your fifty questions are drawn from those. Skip any that do not apply.
From your chapters
What did the kitchen smell like on an ordinary weekday morning?
Start writing…
Type it or say it
Answer at the keyboard, or talk into your phone and we transcribe every word of it for you.
We all remember the summer my father put us in the car and drove west without telling anyone…
Editing is on us
Real editors fix the spelling, punctuation and flow, so you can think about the story instead of the commas.
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You already know the answers
Read one and see how fast it comes back. Fifty of them come with every plan, shaped by the chapters you choose.
Who was your closest friend at school, and what became of them?
What did the kitchen smell like on an ordinary weekday morning?
When was the first time you felt like an adult?
What tradition did your family keep that nobody outside it understood?
Where did you go the first time you travelled somewhere alone?
What did you spend your first proper wages on?
Who taught you something you still use every day?
What were you certain of at twenty that you no longer believe?
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Frequently asked questions
I have never written anything. Is that a problem?
No. Most of our members have never written more than a birthday card. You answer plain questions in the words you would use out loud, and our editors handle spelling, punctuation and flow without changing how you sound.
What if I would rather talk than type?
Speak your answers into your phone or computer and we transcribe them word for word. Plenty of members do the whole book this way, often with a son or daughter sitting alongside.
How much time does this actually take?
Ten to twenty minutes per question, and you choose how many you do a week. The three-month plan runs about four a week; the twelve-month plan is closer to one. You can always go faster and finish early.
What will the finished book look like?
A sewn hardback with your name and title on a cover color you choose, up to 500 pages, and up to 100 of your photographs printed beside the stories they go with.
What do I get with a LifePages plan?
All 50 guided questions, editing of everything you write, full page layout with your photographs, and one printed hardback mailed to you. Shipping to the UK, the US and the EU is free.
Can I buy LifePages for my mom or dad?
This is how a lot of our books start. Buy the plan, hand over the login, and they answer at their own pace. Many families sit down and work through the questions together over the phone.
Begin anywhere. We ask the rest.
Tell us a little about your life and we will show you what your book could hold, before you decide anything.
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