Every so often a book comes along that pokes a stick in the eye of your conscience. This stick is sure to remind you that social change is dawdling, uneven, and wistful. This novel begs you to remember that when reviewed, the collective habits and prejudices of our recent past might appear picturesque and quaint; we must however, remain mindful they may also have been caustic or even devastating to those who lived through and with them. The views we hold today versus those held yesterday can be intimidating to those attempting to understand yesterday's norms in today's light. In Unintentional Innocence, set in rural Alberta in the middle of the twentieth century, you will discover, in full measure, how difficult life could be for a woman who chose to claim equality with men in their rural lair.