The Eights by Joanna Miller (Penguin, 2026)
Fiction
The Eights by Joanna Miller (ISBN: 9780241662434, hardback). The title references Corridor Eight, St Hugh’s College, Oxford, where four young, pioneering women, Beatrice, Otto, Marianne and Dora, have taken up residence at the start of Michaelmas Term, 1920. Though the rules of ‘engagement’ are draconian, these women are among the first to matriculate with men at Oxford. With the long shadow of the war still very visible, their varied characters, backgrounds and expectations weave together in a strengthening friendship.