In this video, LifeBook Memoirs ghostwriter Bailey shares how her love of stories—and especially family stories—led her to start writing private autobiographies and memoirs. She talks about studying folklore, why memoir writing feels like such a natural fit, and why she believes the stories that families tell again and again are often the ones that matter most.
Bailey also reflects on how easy it is for people to underestimate the value of their own lives. Drawing on the experience of interviewing her 96-year-old grandfather for his memoir, she talks about the hesitation that many people feel when asked to tell their story and why those quiet, ordinary memories are often the most meaningful. For Bailey, it is not only dramatic or extraordinary events that deserve to be preserved, but the moments of love, connection, and influence that shape a life.
