Their life story, in their own voice
Every Sunday, one good story.
Once a week, at the same time, the phone rings. A warm, patient biographer asks your mother, father or grandparent one question at a time, follows the names and places, and listens for twenty minutes. Every Sunday call becomes a recording, a summary and a chapter draft — until, twelve Sundays later, you’re holding a book.
12 weekly calls · up to 20 minutes each · recordings, transcripts and chapter drafts in your family dashboard.
Ruth
Hi Margaret, it’s Ruth — I’m the AI biographer from Grandtold. This call is recorded for your storybook. Ready for this week’s stories?
Margaret
Oh, yes, that’s fine, dear. Where were we?
Ruth
Last week you mentioned your brother Tom and the summer at the lake — 1961, was it? Take me back there. What did the cottage look like when you first walked in?
Chapter draft · Week 4
The Summer at Loon Lake
We arrived after dark, and I remember Tom carrying the lantern up the path ahead of us, the light swinging so the trees seemed to step aside…
How it works
Tell us who to call, when, and in which language. Pay $299 once. We email you a consent note to share with them — every call opens with a recording reminder, and the first call only happens after they’ve said yes.
A warm biographer asks one question at a time and follows the threads — the names, the dates, the streets. She never rushes and never interrupts. Twenty minutes, then a teaser for next Sunday.
Within the hour your dashboard has the recording, a short summary, a chapter draft in their own voice, and three follow-up questions Ruth will ask next week.
What the family gets
The Summer at Loon Lake
We arrived after dark, and I remember Tom carrying the lantern up the path ahead of us, the light swinging so the trees seemed to step aside. Mother said not to run. I ran anyway. The cottage smelled of cedar and last year’s woodsmoke, and there was a loon calling out on the water like it had been waiting for us.
That was the summer of 1961 — the year before Tom went to Sudbury for work — and I have never since had a summer that felt so long or so entirely mine.
— sample chapter draft, week 4
One price. One season.
$299CAD, once
Want to send it as a gift card first and set up the calls later? Tick “This is a gift” in the form — you’ll get a card to hand over, and calls begin as soon as they say yes.