The Eights
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description: Emily says about The Eights: "I don’t normally read historical fiction but I absolutely loved this stunning debut! Set in Oxford 1920, The Eights follows the story of four women who are among the first to attend Oxford and to receive degree qualifications. The novel does an elegant job of exploring the traumas of the post war years and I really loved the characters!" Oxford, 1920. For the first time in its 1000-year history, the world’s most famous university has admitted female students. Giddy with dreams of equality, education and emancipation, four young women move into neighbouring rooms on Corridor Eight. They have come here from all walks of life, and they are thrown into an unlikely, life-affirming friendship. Dora was never meant to go to university, but, after losing both her brother and her fiancé on the battlefield, has arrived in their place. Beatrice, politically-minded daughter of a famous suffragette, sees Oxford as a chance to make her own way – and her own friends – for the first time. Socialite Otto fills her room with extravagant luxuries but fears they won’t be enough to distract her from her memories of the war years. And quiet, clever, Marianne, the daughter of a village vicar, arrives bearing a secret she must hide from everyone – even The Eights – if she is to succeed. But Oxford’s dreaming spires cast a dark shadow: in 1920, misogyny is still rife, influenza is still a threat, and the ghosts of the Great War are still very real indeed. And as the group navigate this tumultuous moment in time, their friendship will become more important than ever. The Eights is a captivating debut novel about sisterhood, self-determination, courage, and what it means to come of age in a world that is forever changed. Author: Miller, Joanna Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 3 April 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Fig Tree) in the United Kingdom. Hardback | 384 pages 145 x 224 x 36 | 488g
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