The people who hold your family's stories are still here. That window will not stay open. The Last Interview is the only guide that takes you from a blank document and a feeling of urgent guilt to a completed, readable family history — using the proven HEIR Method: Harvest, Excavate, Illuminate, Record. Most approaches fail because they confuse recording with preserving, and intention with a plan. This book gives you a real system: how to conduct conversations that surface stories you never knew existed, how to find the meaning beneath the surface facts, and how to write it all in a way that people will actually want to read — for generations to come. For anyone who has ever thought I should do this before it's too late — this is where you start.