Shadow Companion

A Life Journey Navigating The Mire of Racism

Hymers Wilson, Keith Lockhart

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English

Nextgen Story: Custom Publishing
01 September 2025

Biography: general; Christian Churches & denominations; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies

Shadow Companion tells the life story of Hymers Wilson, beginning in the hills of Hanover, Jamaica, and continuing as a one-year-old member of the Windrush generation, that is, young men and women who arrived predominantly from the Caribbean to the UK between 1948 and the beginning of the 1970s. Throughout his journey to England, the United States, and Canada, Hymers has frequently encountered the shadow of racism lingering in his path. In spite of these challenges, Hymers shares his experiences and reflections on coping and thriving despite this persistent companion, all while maintaining resilience and faith in God. His journey helps readers discover the secret of a good life, wherever the journey may go.

By: Hymers Wilson
Foreword by: Keith Lockhart
Imprint: Nextgen Story: Custom Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 549g
ISBN: 9781990543227
ISBN 10: 1990543227
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 01 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hymers Wilson (MDiv, MSW) was born in Hanover, Jamaica and, with his mother, came to the United Kingdom when he was one year old to join his father who had gone ahead to prepare the way for the young family. Hymers is an ordained minister who trained for the ministry at Newbold College and Andrews University. Hymers served the Seventh-day Adventist church as a pastor in both the UK and Canada for a total of 15 years. He received his Master of Social Work degree in 1997 from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada and worked as a mental health therapist and counsellor in Muskoka and Peterborough in Ontario and God's Lake Narrows in Manitoba for 17 years. He has previously written and had published work in Ministry Magazine, a publication of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists' Ministerial Association and the Communicator, the newsletter of the South England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Now retired, Hymers enjoys travelling, cycling, writing, teaching Bible class and assisting his local church's New Life Neighbourhood Centre in feeding people in collaboration with the Feed the Need Durham initiative in Oshawa, Canada.

Reviews for Shadow Companion: A Life Journey Navigating The Mire of Racism

""As you turn these pages, you won't be able to avoid it [racism] either for racism is this memoir's inescapable theme. Like Banquo's ghost, it is the spectre at the feast, the guest in the house who never leaves. Hymers calls it a 'shadow companion, ' a travel partner who accompanied him wherever he went in life."" -Keith Lockhart, journalist