While We Were Watching Downton Abbey ~ Paperback ~ Wendy Wax

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF"TEN BEACH ROAD"AND"OCEAN BEACH, "A NEW NOVEL OF FOUR FRIENDS AND A SHARED PASSION THAT COULD CHANGE 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, and even more unexpectedly with each other Samantha Davis married young and for the wrong reason: the security of old Atlanta money for 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 there s Brooke MacKenzie, a woman in constant battle with her faithless ex-husband. She s just starting to realize that it s 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, Brooke and Edward, who arranges the weekly gatherings it will be a season of surprises as they forge a bond that will sustain them through some of life s hardest moments all of it reflected in the unfolding drama, comedy, and convergent lives of"Downton Abbey.""Author BiographyWendy Wax, a former broadcaster, is the author of nine novels. The mother of two college-age sons, she lives in the Atlanta suburbs with her husband and is doing her best to adjust to the quiet of her recently emptied nest.