A memoir of their life – drawn out by a guided interviewer the family helps set up.
Thirteen guided conversations. A finished book at the end – yours to read, hand to a grandchild, and keep on a shelf for fifty years.
Some stories can only be told now.
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"She could never remember dates. But she could describe her grandmother's kitchen exactly – the bread, the lavender, the woodsmoke."
The people we love carry stories they've never written down. The first job. The house they grew up in. What it felt like when their children were born.
Chronicle captures them before they fade – through gentle, guided conversations that feel nothing like a form. No pressure. No cameras. Just talking, in their own time, about the life they've actually lived.
The book
148 × 210mm A5 sizing across every tier. Life Story is a perfect bound softcover on 90gsm. Memoir is a casebound hardback on 130gsm, full colour. Heirloom is a Smyth Sewn hardback on 150gsm, full colour, with a custom-designed interior and foil-stamping included on the cover.
Printed and fulfilled in the UK. Designed to be on a shelf in 2075 – two generations from now.
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A complete memoir, beautifully made. The whole life, in their own words.
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Voice or typed sessions. Full-colour photos throughout. A casebound hardback, properly bound.
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Two thread-sewn copies. Custom designed. Built to last a century.
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Not because nobody cared – but because nobody found the right moment to ask. Chronicle creates that moment.
A fair comparison.
A blank page, total control, and a project that requires sustained discipline over months. Most people start; very few finish.
Chronicle removes the blank page entirely. Guided questions mean you never have to decide what to say next – just answer. The structure is done for you.
We built Chronicle around a simple principle: the people telling their stories stay in control of them.
Chronicle captures what they say and shapes it – never invents. Every word in the final memoir came from them.
Stories are encrypted and private. We never share personal content with third parties or use it to train AI models.
Export or delete at any time. No lock-in. If you close your account, you keep your content.
Every draft goes through you before anyone else sees it. Edit, approve, or reshape anything – the memoir is yours to shape.
From the book
Real customer stories are coming. While we wait for our first books to be delivered, here are two sample chapter openings to show what a finished chapter actually reads like.
The kitchen was the warmest room in winter and the coolest in summer. My mother kept the bread bin on top of the dresser where we couldn't reach. There was a clock that ticked too loud at night, and the back door that never quite shut properly…
If you remember nothing else from this book, remember that I was here, and I loved you, and the things I did wrong I did because I was trying. The best thing I ever made was the family I made with your mother. The rest is just weather.
The eight most-asked. The full list is on the FAQ page.
A finished physical book, printed and bound in the UK. Plus the full-colour digital PDF for everyone in the family. Life Story includes one perfect bound softcover with a black and white interior. Memoir includes one casebound hardback with full-colour photos. Heirloom includes two Smyth Sewn hardbacks with a custom-designed interior. Every tier produces a real book.
Chronicle starts at £49 for Life Story – a perfect bound softcover with a black and white interior, plus the full-colour digital PDF. Memoir is £99 and includes a casebound hardback with full-colour photos throughout, plus voice-recorded sessions; it's the most popular choice. Heirloom is £299 and includes two Smyth Sewn hardbacks with a custom-designed interior. All prices are a one-off payment with no subscription.
No. Chronicle leads the conversation and produces a first draft based entirely on what they said – every word is theirs. You review and refine the draft before it goes anywhere.
Most people complete a Chronicle over six to twelve weeks – thirteen guided conversations, one chapter at a time, at their own pace. There is no deadline. Pause whenever they need to; pick up where they left off.
Chronicle is designed for people who aren't comfortable with technology. It works on any phone or tablet – no app to download, no technical setup required. Sessions are gentle, unhurried, and easy to pause and return to.
The storyteller (or whoever commissioned the Chronicle on their behalf) can mark the final chapters as not-needed from the book settings, and the finished book is made from the chapters that are complete. Heirloom customers get one-to-one support from us to help with this if it's wanted.
Every Chronicle is printed and bound in the UK. Memoir and Heirloom are casebound hardbacks; Heirloom uses Smyth Sewn binding with foil-stamping included on the cover. Life Story is a perfect bound softcover. All books are 148 × 210mm (A5).
It belongs to the storyteller and the person who commissioned it. It's hosted in the EU, encrypted in transit and at rest, and we never use it to train AI. You can export every word, or delete every word, at any time.
Pick the day you want their invitation to land. They start when they are ready. The book follows when the chapters are done.
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