\'What Maisie Knew\' tracks the plight of Maisie Farange, whose parents, Beale and Ida, are in the thick of a bitter divorce battle. \'What Maisie Knew\' has been introduced to new audiences thanks to the 2012 film adaptation, starring Oscar-winner Julianne Moore..
James wields his notoriously complex prose with a light touch in this delicately played and poignant drama, seen through the eyes of a child who has seen too much.
The novel follows our innocent heroine as she charts these unsettling waters, as the adults that make up her world shift her like a pawn, and new role models enter her orbit, offering solace and possible escape. \'What Maisie Knew\' tracks the plight of Maisie Farange, whose parents, Beale and Ida, are in the thick of a bitter divorce battle
