4.9 star reviews
Gift something truly special
Create a unique hardback book, filled with memories, capturing life stories for generations to come.
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Long-lasting
A hard bound book that will stand the test of time
Your favourite photos
Add pictures to help tell your loved-ones’ memories.
Regular prompts
To ensure your loved one stays on track.
Pre-designed covers
Choose from our selection of beautiful covers.
What you will receive
Our books are printed and bound in the UK. With a sturdy spine, premium paper, and a rich, tactile cover, it’s built to last a lifetime—making it the perfect gift or keepsake for any discerning reader.
How it works
Guided storytelling
Pop in the details and choose when the gift email goes out—then we’ll give your parent access to get started! You can keep an eye on everything from your dashboard, no need to get hands-on.
Choose your stories
Your parent gets to pick their favourite questions from different life topics—or go with our ‘Perfect Path’ set if they’d rather keep it simple. Either way, it’s all about stories they want to tell.
Decide how often
They can dive in straight away or choose how often they’d like us to send them a question. Each answer builds their book, and they can even add photos to bring the memories to life!
Regular prompts
We’ll send friendly nudges along the way to help them keep going. Most people finish their book in 3–6 months—way quicker (and easier!) than trying to do it all alone.
Simple design choices
Once their stories are in, they’ll pick how their book looks—from page layouts to photo style and cover. It’s all about making it feel personal and special.
Print and enjoy
When they’re happy with everything, we’ll print their book and deliver it to their door. Want one too? Just say the word and we’ll send you a copy as well!
Guided storytelling
Pop in the details and choose when the gift email goes out—then we’ll give your parent access to get started! You can keep an eye on everything from your dashboard, no need to get hands-on.
Choose your stories
Your parent gets to pick their favourite questions from different life topics—or go with our ‘Perfect Path’ set if they’d rather keep it simple. Either way, it’s all about stories they want to tell.
Decide how often
They can dive in straight away or choose how often they’d like us to send them a question. Each answer builds their book, and they can even add photos to bring the memories to life!
Regular prompts
We’ll send friendly nudges along the way to help them keep going. Most people finish their book in 3–6 months—way quicker (and easier!) than trying to do it all alone.
Simple design choices
Once their stories are in, they’ll pick how their book looks—from page layouts to photo style and cover. It’s all about making it feel personal and special.
Print and enjoy
When they’re happy with everything, we’ll print their book and deliver it to their door. Want one too? Just say the word and we’ll send you a copy as well!
Some of our stories
Gemma F
August 24, 2023
I’m so pleased we bought this gift for my Dad, it’s just beautiful.
He’s led a really full, fascinating life and as a family we were trying to work out what the best way of capturing that for him in a gift would be – and this is just perfect.
I’m so pleased we bought this gift for my Dad, it’s just beautiful.
He’s led a really full, fascinating life and as a family we were trying to work out what the best way of capturing that for him in a gift would be – and this is just perfect.
Sara L.
June 18, 2025
I think YourStory is brilliant.
My heart sank slightly when my daughter told me she’d signed me up to YourStory because I’m not very techy, but it’s all been much easier than I expected.
Whenever I had a problem I contacted YourStory and I got help. They’re well used to dealing with people who are not very good on the tech front.
My advice is not to agonise for too long as to what to include and what not to include but to just get on with it. Yes, maybe I’d spend another thousand hours on it and it might be a better book, but it’s quite good enough and I’m mighty pleased to have done it.
A special mention of Alyson who was extremely helpful on several occasions.
I think YourStory is brilliant.
My heart sank slightly when my daughter told me she’d signed me up to YourStory because I’m not very techy, but it’s all been much easier than I expected.
Whenever I had a problem I contacted YourStory and I got help. They’re well used to dealing with people who are not very good on the tech front.
My advice is not to agonise for too long as to what to include and what not to include but to just get on with it. Yes, maybe I’d spend another thousand hours on it and it might be a better book, but it’s quite good enough and I’m mighty pleased to have done it.
A special mention of Alyson who was extremely helpful on several occasions.
Lynne F.
December 20, 2024
Alyson at YourStory was very quick to respond in a helpful, friendly way. I would highly recommend!
My daughter gave me the gift of YourStory for a ‘big’ birthday u0026amp; I have really enjoyed making the book.
It is easy to rearrange the questions, to delete any that are not relevant u0026amp; to add new ones. It has been an adventure to revive memories u0026amp; find photos to put into the book.
It is now finished u0026amp; printed and I am very pleased with it, a lovely book of information u0026amp; memories to hand down to my daughters!
I had a couple of queries while I was making the book u0026amp; Alyson at YourStory was very quick to respond in a helpful, friendly way. I would highly recommend!
Alyson at YourStory was very quick to respond in a helpful, friendly way. I would highly recommend!
My daughter gave me the gift of YourStory for a ‘big’ birthday u0026amp; I have really enjoyed making the book.
It is easy to rearrange the questions, to delete any that are not relevant u0026amp; to add new ones. It has been an adventure to revive memories u0026amp; find photos to put into the book.
It is now finished u0026amp; printed and I am very pleased with it, a lovely book of information u0026amp; memories to hand down to my daughters!
I had a couple of queries while I was making the book u0026amp; Alyson at YourStory was very quick to respond in a helpful, friendly way. I would highly recommend!
Watipaso W.
September 24, 2024
That was the best recommendation.
My daughter introduced me to YourStory when we were contemplating the publishing of my Mum’s life story as she turned 90 in 2024. That was the best recommendation. The process to turn my Mum’s narrative into a book was less complicated than I imagined. It was awesome and the guidance and flexibility in making as many changes as you progressed made it more fun and always had the opportunity to update. I wish I had known of this method earlier own. The time between authorising publishing and receiving the printed copies was short enabling us to be ready with the gift well in time for the function. I would recommend YourStory if you are in process of writing your or someone’s life stories.
That was the best recommendation.
My daughter introduced me to YourStory when we were contemplating the publishing of my Mum’s life story as she turned 90 in 2024. That was the best recommendation. The process to turn my Mum’s narrative into a book was less complicated than I imagined. It was awesome and the guidance and flexibility in making as many changes as you progressed made it more fun and always had the opportunity to update. I wish I had known of this method earlier own. The time between authorising publishing and receiving the printed copies was short enabling us to be ready with the gift well in time for the function. I would recommend YourStory if you are in process of writing your or someone’s life stories.
Marion B.
August 5, 2024
We both had great fun reminiscing!
When my daughter presented me with this project to write my story, I was initially apprehensive, but being prompted by the questions I quickly began to enjoy the experience and we both had great fun reminiscing. The completed book is beautifully presented, and of good quality.
A word of advice to fellow writers – don’t be in too great a hurry to go to print. After my book had been printed, I thought of so many things I could have and perhaps should have included!
We both had great fun reminiscing!
When my daughter presented me with this project to write my story, I was initially apprehensive, but being prompted by the questions I quickly began to enjoy the experience and we both had great fun reminiscing. The completed book is beautifully presented, and of good quality.
A word of advice to fellow writers – don’t be in too great a hurry to go to print. After my book had been printed, I thought of so many things I could have and perhaps should have included!
Example Questions
To help guide your Story, your loved one can choose questions from our easy to use categories.
A bit about us
Your Story was born out of a desire to keep our family memories alive.
Hi, I’m Alyson! Having experienced our Dad passing young, and witnessing our Nana’s Alzheimer’s journey, we are all too aware of the need to preserve life stories before the opportunity is no longer there to ask loved ones about them. It’s also a handy way of setting the record straight in case some relatives remember things a little differently from you!
We’re proud to be a UK based, Sister & Brother-run business, deeply committed to helping you preserve your family stories. Having a background in Speech and Language Therapy, I am keenly aware that life stories, from our big adventure moments to the smallest of day to day memories make up the unique tapestry of our life experiences – these are invaluable to capture and share!
Still have questions?
Here are the most frequently asked.
Who is this for?
Anyone who is looking to record their own life story, or that of a loved one – including all of their favourite stories, pictures if you have them, and wants to create an incredible book to be kept for generations.
How does it work?
It’s really straightforward!
Choose from our expertly selected list of questions and categories to help you tell the stories that matter to you or your loved ones, or create your own unique questions.
We’ll email you those questions as often as you like (most people choose 1 or 2 a week).
You just reply to that email with your story, and we collect it, storing it safely and securely.
Once you have answered as many questions as you’d like, we pull all your answers into a book format and you can review it plus add any pictures you want.
Once you are happy with your story we then lovingly bind into a hardcopy colour book and send out as many copies as you request, in the post.
At any time you can log onto your Dashboard, at a time that suits you, to track which answers have been submitted, see which questions are coming up and amend either your submitted stories, or your future questions.
How long does it take?
This is up to you! The key things that effect the timeline are how many stories you’d like to tell, how often you tell your stories, and how much you write for each!
We’ve had our storytellers complete their book in as little as 6 weeks, and some take a year – it’s very individual.
Pricing?
The cost of building your own story book is £149, this includes access to the platform throughout your story writing journey, our expert customer service team on hand to help with all queries and the printing of your hardcopy, colour, book plus postage out to your desired address.
Extra copies of the book can be purchased and are priced at £50 each.
What size is the book?
The beautiful book you will treasure is 7.44in wide x 9.68in high or (189mm x 246mm). The depth of the book will be defined by how many pages are written, and can be up to 200 pages in depth.
This is a lovely size for the bookshelf or coffee table.