Kiffy Greaves
Kiffy Greaves is a born communicator with a natural gift for writing and telling stories. She has a strong passion for translating the world into words that inspire, motivate, and unearth disruptive personal introspection and self-growth. Born and raised in Belmont, she is the quintessential island girl from Trinidad and Tobago. Her path in life has always led her to the field of Communications. Beginning this journey, she holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago, and graduated with merit from the University of Leicester, one of England’s top universities, with a master’s in Mass Communications and Public Relations.
She is the proud mother of Jeremiah Greaves and is ardent in her philosophy, and zeal to accomplishment, about leaving this world a better place for him. Through her experiences, her stories will take you to a place of introspection, vulnerability, and hope. She seamlessly translates the complicated relationship we all navigate with ourselves, our money, and our family; and the unexplained unpredictable conditions called life.
IF SHAME CAME IN FLAVORS at debt's door
Kiffy is a 28-year-old unemployed, turned full-time Trini student, whose curriculum is put on pause when she discovers a reward for information, on her whereabouts, in the local newspaper. She has two choices - succumb to cultural criticism and shame, or graduate and restore her good name and the significance of a good name according to Proverbs 22.
If Shame Came in Flavors is a memoir about the cultural shame, depression, and grief she experiences because of this publication by the bank regarding a defaulted loan. This travesty unfolded while she was in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in Communications. Kiffy becomes further angered into action upon hearing about the suicide of Amy; a single mother of three, whose name also appeared in the same advertisement.
Each chapter’s title is likened to match the taste of an actual fruit based on the deep gut-wrenching feelings of shame and humiliation that coursed through her being. Tastes of Soursop, Lime, and others are mentioned; and anyone indigenous to the Caribbean can conjure the taste and after taste of these fruits and the depths of each chapter written.
If Shame Came in Flavors is a sobering inspiration as well as a reality to readers who have or are experiencing any measure of cultural shame, or financial turmoil and provides guidance on how they too can persevere.
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