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About the book

The Quiet That Remains is a ground level history of a Ukrainian family living through empire, famine, war, and exile. Built from primary sources and written with restraint, it asks how people preserve meaning when the record is broken or erased.

Title: The Quiet That Remains
Author: Ben Skliar Ward
Publisher: Otter Stream Press
Formats: hardback and ebook
Where to buy: Amazon and major online retailers

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About the author

Ben Skliar-Ward is a writer and researcher with a longstanding interest in political history and the silences left by conflict. With family roots in Ukraine and a background in archival research, he brings a reflective, grounded perspective to questions of identity, survival, and historical memory. The Quiet That Remains is his first book.

Interview angles

Building a history from fragments

Working with parish records, passports, camp files, and family papers. What to trust and how to write when sources are partial.

Silence, fear, and inheritance

How families carry caution across generations. Why restraint on the page can be a form of respect.

Writing without noise

Style choices that keep emotion earned. How to let evidence do the work.