A Roof Over My Head - Paperback

Two families. One unbreakable bond. A recession that could shatter everything.

Justin O'Leary is a proud son of Irish immigrants who built his roofing business in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from nothing. His best friend of over twenty-five years, Paul Righetti, the son of Italian immigrants, runs a competing roofing company across town. Their families are inseparable. Their kids grew up together. Their wives hold the whole operation together. And their legendary loyalty to each other has survived every test life has thrown their way.

But when the Great Recession tears through Boston's construction industry, both families are pushed to the breaking point. Contracts dry up. Bills pile higher. Justin's son, Michael, a former high school football star who turned down a college scholarship to join the family business, begins to question everything. As savings vanish and desperation sets in, the two families must decide how far they are willing to go to protect what they have built, not just their businesses, but their friendship, their pride, and the future they promised their children.

Inspired by the resilience of working-class American families and the immigrant traditions that shaped them, A Roof Over My Head is a heartwarming and deeply human novel about the people who show up when times get hard. When everything you have worked for is on the line, is friendship enough to keep a roof over your head?