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Welcome to the world of Jessie Stephens, a young Canadian girl coming of age in a time of war, when peace contentment, and innocence are lost.

Lynne Golding was born and raised in Brampton, Ontario. She obtained a bachelor's degree in History and Political Science from Victoria College at the University of Toronto before studying law at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She is a senior partner at the international law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP where she leads their health law practice group. Lynne lives in Brampton, Ontario, and has three grown children. Lynne is also the winner of the OBPO's "What's Your Story Short Prose and Poetry Competition."

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"A lovingly crafted work, so engaging, pulsing with life, sensitive to the foibles of family relationships. I love the wry humour, gentle handling of tragedy, of constrained family competition, of church, and of politics. The Innocent is a wonderful study of social relationships in a small community. I'm much touched by the chapter on starting school, and the quiet, non critical intervention of Uncle James to still the child's fears when passing the Iron Works Repair Shop. It would rival any of James Rainey's small town tales."
-Ruth Redelmeier, Ontario Historian