Zimera - Samuels, Kareen

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Résumé :
Zimera is an ancestral spirit who has been dispatched to rescue a loved one in desperate need. Cyril Parks is a very successful stand-up comedian who has made millions laugh but he is chronically depressed and nurses a very dark secret. Cyril was raised by his Jamaican aunt, (Aunt Felecie) who has taught him that a man is not supposed to cry. Unfortunately, this teaches Cyril a type of toxic masculinity and only serves to further complicate his understanding of emotions and the catharcism that they bring. Also, he needs help to recover from childhood traumas and other life issues which seek to overwhelm him but he lacks the language of emotional vulnerability to discuss these issues; therefore, he suffers in silence. The good thing is that he has a lifelong friend, Austin Blane, who has experienced similar traumas and who becomes his primary support system. These traumas have yoked these two together for life or is it just the shared traumas which unite them? When Cyril loses a loved one and meets a strange woman, events unfold that will change the trajectory of their lives forever. Things will never ever be the same between them.

Biographie:
Kareen Lopez Samuels hails from the small island of Jamaica, a teacher of English by profession and she has been an educator for over twenty years. The first child and only girl for her parents - Winston and Beatrice Lopez (deceased). She attended the Osborne Store Primary School, then Glenmuir High School. After graduating high school, she attended the Mico College; now Mico University College in Kingston, Jamaica. She taught at Vere Technical High School for two years, then completed a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics at the University of the West Indies, Mona, campus. Kareen later married Desmond Samuels and migrated to Ontario, Canada, where they currently live with their two girls: Abigail and Rachel. She also completed a Masters' degree in Language, Culture and Education at York University, the Keele Campus and an Honours Specialist in English from the same institution. She is currently employed to the Peel District School Board. She has always and an interest in writing and has written short stories, non-fiction, a few short plays and directed them at her local assembly. For feedback, comments, etc., please contact Kareen at one of the following: Email: kareensamuels@yahoo.com Facebook: Kareen Lopez Samuels Instagram: @toishma Twitter: @toishma