The development of consciousness of an unfledged Maisie in a wildly dysfunctional family

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After her parent's bitter divorce, Young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled between her selfish mother and vain father, who value her only as for provoking each other.

and when both take lovers and remarry, Maisie solitary, observant and wise beyond her years is drawn into an increasingly entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal, until she is finally compelled to choose her own future.

This paper follows the child’s capacity for intelligent "wonder" and the development of her Consciousness until she get confidence to make a decision with whom she is going to live.

Maisie is neglected and exploited by everyone around her.

She dwells with extraordinary acuteness on the things that may pass between adult and child.

She passes from wonder to knowledge in very short time.

Finally, she triumphs in the midst of overwhelming circumstances.