Oxford, 1920. For the first time in its 1,000-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 and find themselves thrust into an unlikely, life-affirming friendship. They have come here from all walks of life, but Dora, Beatrice, Otto and Marianne all long to move on from the Great War, whose ghosts, grief, and secrets still feel very real indeed.
But Oxford is a place caught between tradition and change, where centuries of misogyny and exclusion clash with the promise of new freedoms. And as the group navigate this tumultuous moment in time under the city’s dreaming spires, 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.
About this Book Club
Reading: a hand picked selection from a range of genres. Anything from contemporary, literary & historical fiction, to thrillers, classics, memoir and short stories.
Meets: Two Groups – every 6 weeks on a Wednesday and Thursday afternoon 2.00pm. Hosted by Ruth
Cost: £12 – includes a copy of the book and refreshments on the day.
NB There are currently no spaces available in either group, however you can register your interest with Ruth to join the wait lists – ruth@bookabookshop.co.uk.