They knew they were changing history.<\/b>
\nThey didn\u2019t know they would change each other.<\/b><\/p>\n
Oxford, 1920. For the first time in its 1000-year history, the world\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Dora was never meant to go to university, but, after losing both her brother and her fianc\u00e9 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 \u2013 and her own friends \u2013 for the first time. Socialite Otto fills her room with extravagant luxuries but fears they won\u2019t 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 \u2013 even The Eights \u2013 if she is to succeed.<\/p>\n
But Oxford\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
The Eights\u00a0<\/i><\/b>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.<\/b><\/p>\n