You Can Count on Me by Kenneth Lonergan

You Can Count on Me by Kenneth Lonergan

Acclaimed playwright Kenneth Lonergan's You Can Count on Me is one of the most highly praised independent films of recent years, earning many of the major screenplay awards.

This is the lovingly drawn story of a sister and brother's complicated, fragile, but somehow enduring bond. Sammy and Terry Prescott were orphaned as children. Sammy, now the single mother of a young son, has stayed in their hometown and is an officer at the local bank. Terry has become something of a drifter, surfacing only when he needs money. Sammy's own life has its complications- she puts off an old boyfriend's proposal and begins an affair with her new boss. Together in their family home, Terry's charming irresponsibility collides with Sammy's confusion over her own actions. What remains unspoken is what they've known since they were left with only each other sixteen years before.

Kenneth Lonergan is a filmmaker, playwright, and screenwriter. He wrote and directed You Can Rely on Me, Margaret, and Manchester by the Sea for film, as well as co-writing Gangs of New York. For Manchester by the Sea, he won an Oscar Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. For You Can Depend on Me and Gangs of New York, he was nominated for an Oscar Award for Best Original Screenplay, among other awards. The inaugural PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award was given to Lonergan in 2019. This is Our Youth (available through Overlook), The Waverly Gallery, and Lobby Hero are some of his plays.

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ISBN 13	9780375713927
ISBN 10	0375713921
Title	You Can Count on Me
Author	Kenneth Lonergan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2002-02-19
Number of pages	128
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