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    "description": "<p><span>When the concierge of The Alexander, a historic Atlanta apartment building, invites his fellow residents to join him for weekly screenings of&nbsp;</span><span>Downton Abbey,</span><span>&nbsp;four very different people find themselves connecting with the addictive drama, and&mdash;even more unexpectedly&mdash;with each other&hellip;<br /></span><span>Samantha Davis</span><span>&nbsp;married young and for the wrong reason: the security of old Atlanta money&mdash;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.<br /></span><span>Claire Walke</span><span>r 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.<br /></span><span>And then there&rsquo;s Brooke MacKenzie</span><span>, a woman in constant battle with her faithless ex-husband. She&rsquo;s just starting to realize that it&rsquo;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.<br /></span><span>For Samantha, Claire, Brooke&mdash;and Edward,</span><span>&nbsp;who arranges the weekly gatherings&mdash;it will be a season of surprises as they forge a bond that will sustain them through some of life&rsquo;s hardest moments&mdash;all of it reflected in the unfolding drama, comedy, and convergent lives of&nbsp;</span><span>Downton Abbey.</span></p>",
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