Miss American Pie
Miss American Pie is the story of surviving childhood sexual abuse and living with its echoes across a lifetime. It is a memoir of memory and reckoning, of a girl forced into silence and a woman who learned to speak.
What begins as a deeply personal account unfolds into something larger: the slow uncovering of the systems that protect abusers, silence survivors, and perpetuate cycles of harm. These systems, woven through family, community, and the highest levels of power, are not abstract. They are coordinated, hidden in plain sight, and reinforced across generations.
Told with unflinching honesty and a survivor’s eye for truth, Miss American Pie confronts both the intimate impact of abuse and the vast machinery that sustains it. It is not only a memoir of resilience but also an act of exposure: a witness statement that reveals the hidden war waged within American life, a silent cold civil war where innocence is collateral and silence is weaponized.
This book is for survivors who know the cost of speaking, for those who live in the aftermath of trauma, and for anyone who is ready to look unflinchingly at the systems that thrive in secrecy. Miss American Pie insists on truth where silence has long been the rule.
The first two chapters of Miss American Pie are available here to read freely. They open the door into a survivor’s journey that begins in the details of childhood and grows into the larger truth of systems that protect abuse and silence those who endure it.
The remaining chapters will be released to subscribers of the Self-Discovery Portal, where you will find not only the continuation of this story but also resources, knowledge bases, and private forums created for survivors and seekers.
Print editions of Miss American Pie are now available for preorder. Each preorder will receive a signed copy as a thank you for supporting the work of truth-telling and independent publishing.
Step into the story, read the opening chapters, and decide if you are ready to go deeper.
About the Author
Kimberly Revis Callis is a writer, analyst, and survivor whose life has spanned continents and industries. She built a successful international career before a catastrophic medical crisis grounded in a lifetime of unacknowledged trauma forced her to start over.
She is also the author of Seeking: Healing, Hope and Agency for Survivors of Sexual Trauma, Trauma Brain: Acquired Neurodivergence and Complex Traumatic Stress, an exploration of the neurobiological aftermath of complex trauma, and the Stoning Demons series about Complex PTSD and cannabis.
If You Need Support
I’m a survivor, nearly 60 years old now, and I’ve lived long enough to see what this kind of harm does to a lifetime. The truth is, it doesn’t just happen and end. It weaves itself through the years, shaping the way we see ourselves, our relationships, our bodies, our futures. It’s heavy, and it leaves marks you carry in silence for life.
I’ve also learned that speaking up, breaking that silence, and standing with others who’ve been through it matters. It shifts the shame back to where it belongs and reminds us that survival itself is a form of resistance.
I create and share my work to stand with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, traumatic sexualization, and sex trafficking. If you’re carrying the weight of these experiences, you are not alone — and you deserve support, safety, and healing.
Here are some trusted places you can reach out to:
- RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) — rainn.org | 800-656-HOPE (24/7, confidential)
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center — nsvrc.org
- Darkness to Light (focused on child sexual abuse) — d2l.org
- Stop It Now! (resources and prevention for CSA) — stopitnow.org
- 1in6 (support for male survivors of sexual violence) — 1in6.org
Please know: reaching out for help is an act of strength, not weakness. Whether you’re looking for crisis support, information, or community, these organizations can be a starting place.