When You’re Grown
Starting at €3.800,00
Dear Parent, You have been composing this in your head for years. This is where it goes.
There are records a parent wishes to convey that do not belong to passing conversation. They belong to a future milestone, composed now, so that your child may receive them when they are ready. This volume holds that testament—capturing who you were before they existed, the unwritten family history, the relationships to be preserved, and the precise values you hope they carry forward.
Unfolding as structured letters or a single continuous narrative, the framework is shaped entirely around your intent. Through private listening sessions, the atelier isolates and preserves your distinct linguistic cadence. Voice is not incidental to this work; it is the archive itself—ensuring that when the book is opened decades from now, you are present in the room.
Letter
Up to 80 pages · 3 hours of interviews
A precise, focused collection of story-letters centered on a specific season of parenthood, capturing core realizations and guidance for a definitive future threshold.
Story
Up to 120 pages · 4.5 hours of interviews
An expanded chronicle spanning multiple eras. Leaves room for detailed personal reflections, structural family anecdotes, and the nuanced texture of your early years together.
Legacy
Up to 150 pages · 6 hours of interviews
Our most comprehensive format. For the parent who wants to give their child not only their own voice but the full context from which it speaks—the ancestral history, the people who shaped the world your child was born into, and the longer line to which they belong. Built to be returned to at different stages of adulthood, with each subsequent reading yielding a depth the previous one couldn't.
Tailored
Bespoke scope
Define your own pagination and interview parameters. Pricing may be adjusted upward or downward from our starting rates based on project scope.
Created For
- A parent of a young child who is already aware of how quickly it passes, and wants the texture of those early years held somewhere before they fade into memory.
- Someone facing illness, or simply the ordinary uncertainty of time, who wants to ensure their child will have their voice, their history, and their guidance regardless of what comes.
- A parent who has tried to write this themselves and found that while the feeling was there, the literary form was missing.
- Anyone who has understood that what they feel for their child deserves a permanent narrative, far beyond what a photograph can capture.
What is Delivered
- Private listening sessions dedicated to capturing your authentic expression, philosophy, and memories.
- A full narrative framework and a completely original custom manuscript written precisely in your voice.
- Curated art direction, symbolic illustrations, and integration of personal photography.
- Review rounds to ensure absolute precision of tone, nuance, and intent.
- A masterfully bound, heirloom-grade printed volume accompanied by a complete digital edition on a flash drive.
Commission Details
We begin with a private consultation to understand your vision. Investment is divided into three distinct phases: initial retainment for the story gathering, a secondary tier for manuscript development, and the final balance prior to delivery.
As each volume is an entirely bespoke commission, all agreements are final. Our collaborative framework—including listening sessions and review cycles—ensures complete alignment prior to production. Any rare printing or logistical irregularities are personally resolved with the utmost care.
Your heirloom volume is packaged and dispatched via secure, fully insured transit. We serve an international clientele, and all global shipping considerations are integrated into your initial project quotation.