A Keepsake Gift
He Has Everything. Except His Story in a Book.
For his 70th, skip the gadgets and give your dad the one thing no store sells — seventy years of his life, beautifully told.
Seventy is a strange birthday to shop for. Your dad is still sharp, still busy, still insisting he doesn't need anything — and he's right, he doesn't. That's what makes this the perfect moment for a life story book: it's not about what he needs, it's about what he's earned. At seventy, a man starts telling his stories differently — less about what happened, more about what it meant. Catching that voice now, while he's the one telling it through your family's answers, is a gift with a quiet second purpose: it starts conversations. Families tell us the book sparks stories nobody had heard before, and that the questions themselves became phone calls, and the phone calls became the best part. He gets a hardcover book for his 70th. You get an excuse to ask your dad everything you've been meaning to ask. Both of you get to keep the answers forever.
How it works
About 20 minutes from first question to finished book
Previewing the book is completely free — you only pay when you're ready to order.
- 1
Create their profile
~3 min
- 2
Build the chapters
~10 min
- 3
Design the cover
~5 min
- 4
Preview and order
~2 min
Sample questions
The kind of memories we'll help you capture
- What was his very first job, and what did it teach him?
- What's the piece of advice he's given you more than once?
- What was he like before you knew him — as a boy, a young man?
- What's a moment you saw him at his proudest?
- What family tradition did he start or keep alive?
- What's the story he tells at every family gathering?
What's inside
A hardcover book made just for them
A premium 8.5" x 8.5" hardcover book with a soft matte cover. Roughly 24 pages of written chapters, your photos, and gentle illustrations come together to tell their story in their own light.
Every page is designed to feel like a keepsake — something they'll pick up years from now and read again.
Frequently asked
Questions we hear most
- How long does shipping take?
- Printed hardcover books ship within 2–3 weeks of ordering. The digital version is available immediately after checkout.
- How long does it take to create the book?
- About 20 minutes from your first answer to a finished preview. You can pause and come back anytime — your progress is saved.
- What if I don't know all the answers?
- That's completely normal. Skip anything you're unsure about, or invite family members to help fill in the details. The book works beautifully with the memories you do have.
- My dad's a private guy — will this feel like too much?
- The book is written from your memories and the stories he's already shared, so nothing goes in that the family doesn't put there. Many private dads end up loving it precisely because it's their family's view of them.
- Can my brothers and sisters split the cost and contribute?
- Very common — one person creates the book, siblings send in their favorite stories and photos, and everyone shares the moment he opens it.