{"product_id":"the-names-we-kept-brian-r-smith-9798185923573","title":"The Names We Kept","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome names are not lost because they are found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey survive because someone refuses to stop speaking them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1948, ten-year-old Aldona watches her older brother leave home to warn someone in danger. He does not return. The family is told he will be questioned, but no explanation follows-only years of silence, rumor, and waiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Soviet rule reshapes life in rural Lithuania, Aldona grows into a woman, marries, and raises a daughter beneath the same roof where Jonas's absence has never left. A cup remains turned upside down. A board is saved. A name is carried carefully through work, hunger, fear, and the long passage of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Lithuania begins to reclaim its freedom, Aldona and her family face the question they have avoided for forty-two years: how do you honor someone whose fate you may never know?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Names We Kept is a restrained, deeply human novel of family, memory, perseverance, and the quiet courage to keep a name alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian R. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185923573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Brian R. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174228173055,"sku":"9798185923573","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-names-we-kept-brian-r-smith-9798185923573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}