| International Standard Book Number |
9780593851432 trade paperback
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593851439 trade paperback
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593851418 hardcover
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593851412 hardcover
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593851425 electronic book
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| Personal Name |
Miller, Joanna, 1969- author.
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| Title Statement |
The eights / Joanna Miller.
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| Edition Statement |
First G. P. Putnam's Sons trade paperback edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
378 pages : map ; 21 cm.
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| General Note |
Includes a conversation with the author and discussion questions.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-369).
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Oxford, 1920. For the first time in its 1,000-year history, Oxford University officially admits female students. Burning with dreams of equality, four young women move into neighboring rooms in Corridor 8. Beatrice, Dora, Marianne, and Otto (collectively known as The Eights) come from all walks of life, each driven by their own motives, each holding tight to their secrets, and are thrown into an unlikely, unshakeable friendship. Dora was never meant to go to university, but, after losing both her brother and her fianceÌ on the battlefield, has arrived in their place. Politically-minded Beatrice, daughter of a famous suffragette, sees Oxford as a chance to make her own way--and some friends her own age. Otto was a nurse during the war but is excited to return to her socialite lifestyle in Oxford where she hopes to find distraction from the memories that haunt her. And finally Marianne, the quiet, clever daughter of a village pastor, who has a shocking secret she must hide from everyone, even her new friends, if she is to succeed. Among the historic spires, and in the long shadow of the Great War, the four women must navigate and support one another in a turbulent world in which misogyny is rife, influenza is still a threat, and the dead do not always remain dead ..."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
University of Oxford Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Female friendship Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women college students Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Sex discrimination against women Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Dormitories Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Secrecy Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Oxfordshire (England) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
England Social life and customs 20th century Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Campus fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Coming-of-age fiction.
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