My
obsession with Downton Abbey + a book about friends = love. I
read this during an extremely frantic time when I just needed to escape…and boy
did this deliver. It made me want to
start my very own Downton Abbey viewing party complete with fancy hats and even
fancier cocktails.
From
Booklist
Wax breaks from her Ten Beach Road series to indulge her
obsession with the popular British television show Downton Abbey in her latest
novel. When Edward, concierge of a posh Atlanta building, decides to host a
weekly Downtown Abbey viewing party, it brings together an unlikely trio of
residents. Behind her poised facade, Samantha harbors the belief that her
husband married her out of pity, and she lets her younger siblings take
advantage of her. Empty-nester Claire has taken a year off from her day job to
write her next novel, but crippling writer’s block has her dodging her editor’s
calls. Frumpy single-mom Brooke must face her ex-husband and his glossy new
girlfriend, who have moved into the building. Wax’s trendy premise makes for a
surprisingly poignant and enjoyable story about friendship. Readers need not be
fans of the show to enjoy this tale, but they may relate more to the
characters’ infatuation if they are. --Aleksandra Walker
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