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Essex County #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis volume collects the complete Essex County trilogy by Jeff Lemire, including Tales from the Farm, Ghost Stories, and The Country Nurse, along with supplementary material. Set in a rural Ontario farming community, the interconnected stories explore themes of family, memory, and isolation through the lives of its characters. Originally published as three separate graphic novels, this edition brings together Lemire's critically acclaimed, emotionally resonant saga in a single hardcover collection.
In "Tales from the Farm," Jeff Lemire crafts a quiet, poignant story of childhood resilience and imagination, following ten-year-old Lester, an orphan living on a remote Essex County farm with his uncle. Finding unexpected companionship in Jimmy Lebeuf, a once-promising hockey player whose career ended in a single devastating game, the two boys forge a bond that transcends their isolation through shared dreams of alien invasions and impromptu pond hockey. With every line drawn and lettered by Lemire himself, the issue captures the tender, fragile magic of youth with a warmth that lingers long after the last page.
In "Tales from the Farm," ten-year-old Lester, raised by his uncle on a remote Essex County farm, forms an unlikely bond with Jimmy Lebeuf, a retired hockey player haunted by a career cut short by injury. Together, they find solace in imaginative escapes—fending off alien invaders and playing pond hockey under the open sky—turning their isolation into something unforgettable.
In "Ghost Stories" from Essex County, deaf farmer Lou Lebeuf reflects on a lifetime of choices that slowly pulled him away from his brother, memories lingering like shadows across the quiet farm where he now lives alone. The story unfolds with quiet intimacy, tracing the quiet weight of regret and the fragile threads of family left untended.
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↩ Reprints Essex County #1 (2007), Essex County #2 (2007), Essex County #3
Reprinted in Essex County #[nn] (2010)
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