| He infuses recurring, revelatory pieces about the emotional effects of a father's absenteeism to complement the ever-unfurling theme of ingenuousness. |
| He spoke of his marriage with all the ingenuousness and simplicity of a child. |
| Such unaffected simplicity and ingenuousness is most refreshing to witness. |
| Is it courage, or else mere ingenuousness, motivating Parnell's refusal to reconcile these domains? |
| But what's captivating about this book is its candor, its ingenuousness, and really its alien-ness. |
| A positive reading, not through ingenuousness, but through free will and conviction. |
