Who it's for
A book of your grandparents' stories
A grandparent is the last person alive who remembers a whole world. This is for families who want that world in a book, told in the grandparent's own words, without asking an eighty-five-year-old to do homework.
What makes it work
Built for exactly this.
Nothing to learn
No app to figure out, no password, no typing. The family's invitation is the login; the teller talks.
At their pace
Fifteen-minute visits, two or three a week at most, led by their energy, with a thirty-second card on the days between.
The family watches it grow
Every invited relative sees the chapters forming and can suggest a question. Nobody can read a sealed story.
Start here
Free, whether or not you use Tellforth.
Question listQuestions to askIn the order a good interviewer would ask themGuideHow to write someone's life storyHow to write a parent's or grandparent's life story: what to collect, the interview method, how to structure it, and how to get it finished and printed.The booksEvery kind of bookMemoir, novel, young adult, picture book, and moreOccasionAn 80th birthdayFor a parent or grandparent turning eighty: a listener who visits for fifteen minutes at a time, remembers everything, and writes their book in their own words.OccasionA 90th birthdayA gift for a ninetieth birthday: short voice visits, no screens to learn, every story kept under their control, and a printed book of a long life in their own words.OccasionGrandparents' DayFor Grandparents' Day, let the grandchildren do the asking.
Also for
Other people it was made for.
Your parents' story, finishedFor adult children who want to give a parent the gift of being listened to, and get back a book in their voice.When someone is facing somethingFor a person with a serious diagnosis, and the family around them, who want their story told on their terms, with control, dignity and no pressure.For hospice and palliative care teamsA legacy program for patients and families: dignified, controlled by the patient, and useful to the team.A book your child wrote, starring your childFor parents who want to catch a child's own stories, in their own words, and turn them into a picture book they are the hero of.The story of the company, told by the people who built itA founder memoir or company history gathered by interviewing the people who were there, in scenes, with the near-death included.A veteran's story, told the right wayFor families who want a service story recorded without re-opening wounds: ordinary first, led by the veteran, kept straight.
Tellforth
Tell it forward.
The stories are already there. All that is missing is someone to ask.
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