A gift for the people who raised us

The stories only they can tell.

Turn your mom or dad's life into a beautiful keepsake book — captured in their own voice, written in their own words, and kept for every generation that follows. They just talk. We do the rest.

No typing, no apps for them — and a finished book, guaranteed.

Everyone has a story worth keeping. Most are lost anyway.

Not because no one cared — because no one sat down in time. The recipes, the war years, how they met, the road that led to you. A legacy book is how you make sure the stories outlast the storyteller.

A new kind of book

Not a memoir. Not a photo album.
A family legacy book.

Warmer than a biography, richer than a photo album — and far more personal than either. A family legacy book weaves your parent's real stories, told in their own voice, together with the photographs that hold them.

It's made to be read aloud at the table, pressed into a grandchild's hands, and handed down for a hundred years. Their humor, their turns of phrase, the way only they would say it — kept exactly as it was.

A memoirAll words, written alone. Powerful — but most never get finished.
A photo albumAll pictures, no voice. Beautiful — but the stories behind them fade.
A family legacy bookTheir stories, their voice, their photographs — woven into one keepsake.
Ours
How it works

Effortless for them.
Unforgettable for you.

The whole point is that your parent does almost nothing but talk. Everything else is ours to carry.

1

You give the gift

Choose a package and tell us a little about your mom or dad. We take it from there — no setup for them.

2

They just talk

Each week we ask one gentle question — by phone, or a single tap on a text. No typing, no apps, no passwords. Rather reminisce over a call? We'll call.

3

We listen & write

A real coach shapes their answers into warm, readable chapters — their exact words, never invented, never flattened into someone else's voice.

4

A keepsake arrives

A premium hardcover with their photographs woven in and their real voice tucked inside — plus copies for the whole family.

The keepsake

An heirloom, not a printout.

  • A premium linen hardcoverFoil-stamped and printed to last generations — the kind of book that earns a place on the shelf.
  • Their photographs, woven inPictures sit beside the very stories they belong to — never dumped in a gallery at the back.
  • Their real voice, inside the bookScan a page and hear them tell it — their laugh, their pauses, exactly as they said it.
  • An optional audiobook — in their voiceThe whole story, narrated by them, to keep and to play for the grandchildren who never got to ask.
  • A private archive, kept foreverEvery recording and photo, yours to keep and export. If we ever close our doors, your family keeps everything.
Our promises

The things everyone else gets wrong.

Their real voice

We preserve their exact words. We never fabricate a memory or smooth their voice into generic prose. It sounds like them because it is them.

A finished book — guaranteed

Getting a parent to the finish line is the one thing everyone else fails at. We keep things moving gently, and we promise a complete, beautiful book — even from a handful of stories.

Kept forever

Lifetime access, yours to export and keep. A legacy shouldn't depend on a login — so if we ever disappear, your family still has everything.

For every reason to say it now

Some gifts can wait.
This one can't.

Mother's DayFather's DayA milestone birthday The holidaysA new grandchildA retirement An anniversarySimply because they're still here to ask
Choose their book

One price. Everything included.

No subscriptions, no surprise fees, no printing charged to your parent. Just a beautiful book, done right.

Keepsake
Their stories, in their own words, in one beautiful hardcover.
$99
  • Daily questions by email
  • Done-for-you writing — their real words
  • Their photographs, woven in
  • One premium hardcover + digital archive
Begin their book
Most loved
Signature
A finished book, guaranteed — plus guided interviews and copies for the whole family.
$499
  • A finished book — guaranteed
  • Everything in Keepsake
  • Guided voice interviews with real follow-ups
  • A dedicated coach's editorial pass
  • Three hardcover copies for the family
Begin their book
Heirloom
Our white-glove edition — their whole story, in their own voice, done to perfection.
$1,499
  • Their voice inside the book — scan & hear, plus a full audiobook
  • Everything in Signature
  • A personal historian & deeper interviews
  • Restored photographs, hand-finished
  • Heirloom-bound edition & five copies
Begin their book

Founding-family pricing during our launch season. Add extra copies, an audiobook, or photo restoration any time. Facing a hard deadline? Ask about our rapid keepsake.

Gentle answers

The questions families ask.

What if my parent isn't good with technology?

That's exactly who we built this for. They can answer by phone call, or one tap on a text message — no apps, no passwords, nothing to install. If they ever get stuck, a real person is a phone call away.

What if they don't finish?

They will. Getting a reluctant storyteller across the finish line is the single thing we're best at — gentle pacing, real encouragement, and a promise that a beautiful, complete book arrives no matter what. You will never end up with blank pages.

Whose words end up in the book?

Theirs. Always. We arrange and lightly polish their own stories so they read beautifully — but we never invent a memory or replace their voice with ours. This is a legacy of their words, not ours.

Can we make one for a parent who has passed?

Yes — tenderly. We can build a legacy book from their recordings, letters, and the memories of the people who loved them. Reach out and we'll guide your family through it with care.

How long does it take?

Most families finish in a few unhurried months of once-a-week storytelling. If you're working against a milestone or precious time, ask about our rapid keepsake — we can move quickly when it matters.

Is their voice really in the book?

Yes. Scan a page and you'll hear them tell that very story — their laugh, their pauses, their way of saying it. It's the closest thing to sitting beside them again.

Now welcoming our founding families

Give them the gift of being heard.

Leave your email and we'll help you begin your mom or dad's book — gently, and at your pace.

Or write to us directly at hello@coachlibra.org. No commitment — just a conversation.