What Maisie Knew

Exploring the complexities of personal relationships, this novel follows a perceptive twelve-year-old girl navigating her parents' divorce and their subsequent remarriages. As she splits her time between two families, she keenly observes the same patterns of infidelity in her step-parents that she witnessed with her own. Rather than being corrupted by this knowledge, her understanding matures, reflecting Henry James's deep exploration of consciousness and perception within the dynamics of family and adult relationships.