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What Maisie Knew is the story of the breakup of an English couple, seen through the eyes of their little girl, Maisie, who is the victim. The starting point is a divorce, as a child, a remarriage. The reader knows of events only what Maisie perceives, but with our adult interpretation, we know more things since we can interpret the signs observed by Maisie.
Six-year-old Maisie (Holzer) is caught in the middle of a custody battle between her rock star mother, Suzanna (Moore) and art dealer father, Beale (Coogan). In a race to win the court's advantage, Beale marries Maisie's nanny, Margo (Vanderham), prompting Suzanna in turn to marry local bartender, Lincoln (Skarsgård).
Maisie 's parents Beale Farange and Ida Farange have divorced with animosity. They divide their daughter's time equally between them. Maisie spends six months with her father and six months with her mother. With Ida Farange gone from the house, Beale Farange develops a romantic interest in Maisie's governess Miss Overmore.
What Maisie Knew, novel by Henry James, published in 1897. Set mostly in England, the novel is related from the perspective of Maisie, a preadolescent whose parents were divorced when she was six years old and who spends six months of the year with each parent. The only emotional constant in.
The offspring of a hot-headed musician (Julianne Moore) and an art dealer (Steve Coogan), little Maisie (Onata Aprile) learns the hard way about how difficult divorce can be on a youngster. The ...
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1 de dez. de 2004 · What Maisie Knew Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: Domestic fiction Subject: Governesses -- Fiction Subject: Bildungsromans Subject: Girls -- Fiction Subject: Remarried people -- Fiction Subject: Children of divorced parents -- Fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. 7118: Release ...
In novel after Jamesian novel, youngsters get caught up in secrecy, adultery, and other kinds of betrayal. But what's remarkable about Maisie is that, despite all that she has to give up—parent after parent, stepparent after stepparent, and governess after governess—she gets to keep her goodness. She remains a gem even while she's ...
