Miss American Pie tells my story, beginning with abuse by my father that started when I was three and a half, and carries it through more than fifty years of survivorship. It moves across childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and into the decades of reflection and research that followed.
A Long, Long Time Ago
“She was the quiet one. The good girl. The one who didn’t ask for much. But silence was never safety. It was survival. And survival came at a cost.”
In this opening chapter, Kimberly Revis Callis traces the early imprint of neglect and emotional abandonment. A survivor-led memoir of invisibility, longing, and the myths we inherit when no one is watching.
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