If Shame Came In Flavors

<p>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 <strong>Proverbs 22.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>If Shame Came in Flavors</em> 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.</p><p><br></p><p>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 that 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.</p><p><br></p><p><em>If Shame Came in Flavors </em>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.</p>