You remember it. We write the book.
Three messy sentences per memory is all we need.
We help people connect more deeply with the ones they love — by turning the life you've already lived together into the game you play together.
No writing skill, no long questionnaire, nothing to draft. Jot the moments the way you'd text them — the wrong-coffee meet-cute, the kitchen dance, the tiny first apartment — and our studio writes the prose, draws your people into it, and hardbinds the whole thing into a book they'll ask for by name.
Hardcover $59.99 · Digital $24.99 ✓ You approve every page before it prints
Conversation starters hand you a question and hope. We hand you your own story.
The finished thing
One line typed in. One printed page out.
Flip through a complete 24-page book. Above every spread is the entire note that produced it — bullet points, half-sentences, inside jokes. The prose on the left page and the painting on the right are ours.
A studio demonstration — the complete book of Imani & Andre. Every page below started as one messy sentence typed into a form.
The Story of Imani & Andre
front cover · a complete 24-page studio demonstration — yours stars your people
How it works
Four steps. Only one of them is yours.
Check out
Pick hardcover or digital. Nothing to fill in first — the form comes to you right after payment.
Fill in the short form
Upload a photo or two of your people, and jot the moments you want in the book — a line each is plenty. Ten minutes, tops.
The studio makes it
We draw the people in your photos as the characters of the book, then write your notes into a heartfelt story about the relationship — chapter by chapter.
You approve, then it prints
Read every page and see every character first. Change anything. Only then does it print — and a real hardcover lands on the doormat in about two weeks.
Photos are optional — the words are what becomes the book. Nothing prints without your yes.
See your cover in 60 seconds.
Up to 6 photos · auto-deleted in 7 days unless an order is placed.
The moment we're really selling
The book they ask for by name — and the conversation it starts every time.
Styled studio scenes — every real book is unique to its family.
And yes — it looks like your people
You approve every character before it prints.
Add a photo or two and we hand-draw everyone in — kids, grandparents, the dog too — then send the character sketches for your yes before a single page is made. Optional, and never the point: the story is the gift.
Drag the handle · a studio demonstration.
Not a photo book. A real hardcover.
- Casewrap hardcover — cover art printed and sealed directly onto rigid board (no flimsy dust jacket), 8.5×8.5″, gloss laminate.
- Heavy coated art paper — thick 80# stock, the class used for gallery photo books.
- PUR-glued book block — the strongest binding in trade publishing; opens flat without cracking.
- Printed locally, US · UK · EU — arrives in ~2 weeks, no international shipping abuse.
24 pages · 12 illustrated spreads · character preview before anything prints · built to survive a decade of bedtime retellings.
Where is it shipping? (printed locally near you)
After checkout you'll get your private story form (memories + photos). You approve your illustrated characters and the full proof before anything prints.
- You approve every card before it prints
- Not right? We redraw it — or your money back
- Free US shipping
Asked often, answered warmly.
Isn't this like those conversation-card decks?
We love them. They proved millions of people want deeper conversations at the table — and they were right. Their cards just have one structural problem they can never solve: they're printed a million times, so they have to work for a million tables. Which means they can never work for yours. They can ask you a great question about family traditions. They cannot ask you about the '72 road trip, or the apartment with the broken heater, or the fact that Dad still hasn't admitted he got everyone lost in Rome. Conversation starters hand you a question and hope. We hand you your own story.
Do I need good photos?
No — a phone snapshot works fine, and the story matters more than the photo. Photos are optional entirely; the words are what becomes the book.
How long does the book take to arrive?
About 2 weeks for hardcover, printed locally in the US, UK, or EU depending on where you're shipping. Digital delivers the moment you approve the proof.
🎲 Your book is a game waiting to happen — the same memories power The Journey of Us™ board game, one form, zero extra work. Or see everything we make →