Author: billriley

In this memoir, a retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel reflects on his difficult childhood, his service in the Middle East, and fatherhood. As a child, Bill Riley was raised in an unstable and violent home by a mother struggling with mental illness. An absent father with a firm belief in tough love left him with only his sister to understand or comfort him as they faced a home full of … they faced a home full of harshness, resentment, and physical abuse. As a man, he braved the war-torn landscapes of Kuwait, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Having learned early…