num_pages: 384
description: From the bestselling author of My Ex-Best Friend's Wedding comes a novel about four friends who share a passion for a beloved British television show that will change all of their lives.When the concierge of The Alexander a historic Atlanta apartment building invites his fellow residents to join him for weekly screenings of Downton Abbey four very different people find themselves connecting with the addictive drama andeven more unexpectedlywith each other...Samantha Davis married young and for the wrong the security of old Atlanta moneyfor herself and for her orphaned brother and sister. She never expected her marriage to be complicated by love and compromised by a shattering family betrayal.Claire Walker is now an empty nester and struggling author who left her home in the suburbs for the old world charm of The Alexander and for a new and productive life. But she soon wonders if clinging to old dreams can be more destructive than having no dreams at all.And then theres Brooke MacKenzie a woman in constant battle with her faithless ex-husband. Shes just starting to realize that its time to take a deep breath and come to terms with the fact that her life is not the fairy tale she thought it would be.For Samantha Claire Brookeand Edward who arranges the weekly gatheringsit will be a season of surprises as they forge a bond that will sustain them through some of lifes hardest momentsall of it reflected in the unfolding drama comedy and convergent lives of Downton Abbey.
language: English
title: While We Were Watching Downton Abbey
publisher: Berkley