What If? Sure Why Not
By Billy Galligan
What if your whole life changed with one email?
An Irishman. A green fedora. A school bus. And one mad journey across continents, careers, and cups of tea.
Billy Galligan never planned to write a book. But then again, he never planned to leave Dublin, join the military, become a photographer, raise three kids from foster care, or drive a yellow bus through the suburbs of Georgia either. So when his friend-turned-soulmate wrote him a message in 2014 wondering what her future held and asked "What if? he replied with three words that started it all:
"I will move"
What followed was a leap of faith, a fresh start in America, and a life built from scratch - with plenty of bumps, laughs, heartbreaks, and head-scratching detours along the way.
What If? Sure Why Not is a memoir in motion - part coming-of-age, part coming-to-America, part coming-undone and putting-it-back-together-again. Told with dry Irish wit and an eye for the meaningful moments in everyday life, Billy's story weaves: