"Now, in his vivid memoir, Wait for Me, True Stories of War, Love and Rock & Roll, Bill Gentile turns back the clock to the 1980s and thrusts us into the mountains of Nicaragua and the slums of El Salvador to offer what he calls 'a firsthand, frontline account of the human cost of war'."
- Alan Riding, former New York Times Mexico and Central America bureau chief.
"Gentile's book is a revelation of life on the front lines, of living on a knife edge, risking everything to capture that one image that, he hoped, would shake the conscience of Americans and their horribly misguided government."
- Peter Raymont, Canadian Documentary Filmmaker, Director of "The World is Watching" and "The World Stopped Watching"
"From the Steel mills of Pittsburgh to the frontlines of Central America's wars of the 1980s, Bill Gentile's 'Wait for Me' is a riveting hard-to-put-down memoir of unforgettable people in sometimes unendurable situations. This book reveals both the personal evolution of a world-class photojournalist and why some reporters still put their lives at risk to record 'the first rough draft of history.' Read 'Wait for Me' for the pleasure of its prose, the gift of its insights on family, love and war but mostly to see the world through Bill Gentile's unique lens, one that calibrates accuracy and empathy across a truly adventurous life."
- David Helvarg, author of Saved by the Sea and Rescue Warriors
