To face the future alone or to face the present alone, which character will make which choice? Her Eight of Cups explores the dilemma many of us face, to love and live in spite of the judgements of others, or to live and die on the inside in order to avoid the judgements. Derry's writing style is intense and descriptive, moments in time are suspended and revelled in as the reader is taken into the lives of two strong and beautiful women who are connected by their ability to love and their struggle to live.