If I Walked Away...

What if the moments that nearly broke you... were the very ones that built you?

If I Walked Away... is a powerful collection of personal essays exploring life's breaking points, and the quiet strength found just beyond them. Through stories of medical trials, marriage struggles, financial hardship, and emotional reckoning, Nova James offers a raw, unfiltered look at the kind of resilience most people hide.

From an early age, Nova learned to ask herself the hard questions: If I hold steady... if I stay honest... if I try again...These "ifs" became the scaffolding that helped her endure chaos, make meaning from pain, and rebuild with grace.

This isn't a book about walking away. It's about the moments we almost did, and what happens when we choose to stay.