Essex County, Vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire

Tales from the Farm

A linked collection of quiet, melancholic stories set in a rural Ontario community that follows several residents—a lonely young man who comes of age caring for his troubled uncle, a former hockey player haunted by his past, and a nurse who returns home to face family secrets—weaving themes of loss, memory, masculinity and the stubborn ties to place as each character confronts grief, longing and the search for connection.