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The Eights
by Joanna Miller
Beatrice, Otto, Marianne, and Dora room near each other in Corridor Eight. These four strangers - The Eights - soon become inseparable, sharing their hopes and secrets, as they navigate the challenges that come with being the first women to matriculate at Oxford University.
A timeless story of self-discovery, friendship, and the struggles of early adulthood, set against the backdrop of women's rights and the lingering impact of WWI.
"Despite her own pride in matriculating, she cannot help but imagine herself the winner of a relay race— being congratulated even though she only took the baton the last few feet over the line. As her mother often likes to point out, Beatrice’s generation is benefiting from years of lobbying, militancy, suffering, and protest by women like herself who refused to accept the status quo."
"A couple of weeks ago Otto could never have imagined herself part of a strange little gang like this, but the situation, though unexpected, is becoming increasingly welcome."
"Yes, Marianne is rather drunk, and is fearful and excited about going home, but these women! It is no surprise that the noun friend is derived from an ancient root word meaning to love, that it is etymologically bound to the word free. These marvelous women give her the confidence that what she is doing is right."
"Otto looks at Constance and then at Marianne. 'We don’t all go to Oxford to become Marie Curie. Most of us are ordinary people grasping the opportunity of an extraordinary education— and that goes for the men too.'"
A timeless story of self-discovery, friendship, and the struggles of early adulthood, set against the backdrop of women's rights and the lingering impact of WWI.
"Despite her own pride in matriculating, she cannot help but imagine herself the winner of a relay race— being congratulated even though she only took the baton the last few feet over the line. As her mother often likes to point out, Beatrice’s generation is benefiting from years of lobbying, militancy, suffering, and protest by women like herself who refused to accept the status quo."
"A couple of weeks ago Otto could never have imagined herself part of a strange little gang like this, but the situation, though unexpected, is becoming increasingly welcome."
"Yes, Marianne is rather drunk, and is fearful and excited about going home, but these women! It is no surprise that the noun friend is derived from an ancient root word meaning to love, that it is etymologically bound to the word free. These marvelous women give her the confidence that what she is doing is right."
"Otto looks at Constance and then at Marianne. 'We don’t all go to Oxford to become Marie Curie. Most of us are ordinary people grasping the opportunity of an extraordinary education— and that goes for the men too.'"