You don't always know when you're rising. Sometimes it looks like just getting up again. From the streets that shaped her to the silence that nearly broke her, Nicole Legerra's story is one of quiet resilience. In The Big Light she offers more than memory-she gives voice to the moments that tested her and the light she built from them. This is a memoir for anyone who's walked through the wreckage and wondered if there was something on the other side. It's for the ones who survived, who love fiercely, and who've learned to carry both grit and grace in equal measure. Raw, luminous, and unafraid-this is a story about becoming, not as a finish line, but as the rise of grit and grace that carried her through.