<B>Kenneth Lonergan’s Academy Award and BAFTA–winning screenplay for the acclaimed film <I>Manchester by the Sea </I>is a staggering achievement, an emotionally devastating meditation on grief and “a drama of surpassing beauty” (<I>Wall Street Journal</I>).</B><BR/><BR/> Lee Chandler is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman in Boston. One damp winter day he gets a call summoning him to his hometown, Manchester-by-the-Sea, the fishing village where his working-class family has lived for generations. His brother’s heart has given out suddenly, and he’s been named guardian to his riotous 16-year-old nephew. His return re-opens an unspeakable tragedy, as he is forced to confront a past that separated him from his wife, Randi, and the community where he was born and raised.<BR/><BR/> A sweeping story of loss and new beginnings, <I>Manchester by the Sea </I>“illuminates with quiet, unyielding grace how you and I and our neighbors ge