How it works
It starts with a conversation.
No questionnaires. No blank pages. Just talk with Lori. She listens, follows the thread, and asks the questions that uncover stories you might never think to tell.
Lori writes the chapters.
Every conversation, memory, and photo becomes part of a thoughtfully written biography.
Printed as a beautiful book.
Every chapter comes together in a hardcover you’ll be proud to keep and share.
Start a life story
“Lori pulls out so many stories I would have never come up with on my own. I always planned to write down my story and never started. Reading my stories to my kids ends in me crying, and I can’t keep reading.”
Other services send questions.
We uncover the story.
Loristry works more like a biographer: listening closely, following the thread, and bringing in the people who remember it too.
Three people, asked separately
Patty Engelson · clinic tech, 32 yrs
“There was a Polaroid wall in the waiting room — every animal that pulled through. I started it in ’82 and never stopped.”
Solveig · the subject
“I never understood why Patty kept those up. The work is the work. You don’t put it on a wall.”
Erik · son
“Mom acted like she didn’t notice it. But she never once asked Patty to take it down.”
One woven passage
For thirty-two years, Patty tacked every Polaroid to the waiting-room wall. Solveig thought displaying the outcomes was a small vanity, and pretended not to notice — but she never asked Patty to take it down. The wall was a running argument between two women about what deserves to be remembered, and that it stayed up for three decades was Solveig’s quiet way of admitting Patty was right.
The woven version sees what none of them said: the wall was the argument — and that it stayed up was the answer.
And the story keeps growing. Add new memories, voices, and photos anytime. Reprint the book whenever you’re ready for the next chapter.
“Reading the chapters about my life brought me to tears. I never imagined how powerful it would feel to see my story captured so beautifully in words.”
Start preserving your stories today.
Every plan includes conversations with Lori, a growing biography, and stories your family can keep forever.
Then $49 / year · per biography
The full digital biography
- Unlimited guided interviews
- Phone interviews included
- Unlimited contributors
- Add a hardcover book for $99 each
One hardcover book included
- Everything in Essentials
- One annual book reprint
- Additional hardcover books for $69 each (30% off)
Three hardcover books included
- Everything in Keepsake
- Three annual book reprints
- Additional hardcover books for $59 each (40% off)
Essentials is free for your first year with code FAMILY2026, applied automatically at checkout.
Try Lori for 30 days, risk-free. If it's not right for you, we'll refund you in full. Your stories are always yours to keep, even if you decide to stop.
Personal stories deserve real privacy.
Nothing you record is public. Access is invite-only, controlled by you.
Your transcripts, text, and photos are never used to train AI, ever.
Change your mind? Contact us and we’ll export your data and delete everything from our servers within 30 days, no questions asked.