While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax

I was drawn to this because of the Downton Abbey connection.

Three women, Claire, Samantha and Brooke, live in the same apartment on Peachtree St. They are different ages, at different stages in their lives and from different economic backgrounds. Samantha is married and has two really bratty siblings she raised after her parents died. Claire is an author and single mom whose daughter just let for college. Brooke is a stay at home mom who is divorced from a man she dubs, well deservedly, his assholiness and has 2 young daughters.

The new concierge in their building is an Englishman named Edward who organizes a weekly gathering in the building around the watching of Downton Abbey.

The three women become friends and the process of their personal growth and the growth as friends is the story that Wax tells.  Nothing too heavy here. Just a well told story that has likable characters you well feel drawn too and unlikable characters that you will really want to punch joined around an interesting hook, a show I love and know many of you do too.

(Finished March 22, 2014)