I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny
by Vivian Cash
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Author: Vivian CashContributor: Ann Sharpsteen
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-04
ISBN: 1416532927
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Scribner
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Book Review: The REAL love story
Summary: 5 Stars
In this book, Vivian says something very close to the effect of "He went from my arms to God's arms. Anything that happened in between just wasn't supposed to happen".
That about says it all.
While I can't - in good conscience - insult June Carter Cash (I happen to love her songs and think she had an adorable public personality), I also can't be one of those lemmings who refuses to face reality and truth. While Johnny and June had a loving and happy marriage, there was a love story and happy marriage BEFORE that one and it's high time that story was told.
To that I say: Thank you, Vivian!!
90% of the book does consist of love letters that Johnny wrote to Vivian while in the service in Germany. Those letters paint such a magnificent picture, you don't even miss Vivian's "side" of the correspondence. By turns, Johnny was loving, longing, lonely, angry and apologetic but ALWAYS did his absolute adoration for Vivian come through loud and clear. If he said it once in his letters, he said it - quite literally - a thousand times "I love you" and "You're the only one for me, Vivian".
Vivian loved this man and he absolutely adored her. They maintained a steady, loving relationship while enduring a three year separation. They married and produced four wonderful, sweet daughters. Vivian encouraged Johnny in his music, stayed by his side and reveled in his phenomenal success.
Vivian was promised love, steadiness and faithfulness. When these promises were not only broken - but painfully shattered - she did the only thing she could do. She gave a divorce to the love of her life for the sake of stability and sanity in her home in which to finish raising her daughters.
While it's a sad fact that June Carter was "the other woman" who caused this heartache and a tragic end to a promising love story, it is - in truth - a fact.
I applaud Vivian - and Ann Sharpsteen - for taking this painful journey and allowing us all to have a glimpse of the very first love story and marriage of Johnny Cash.
Any TRUE fan of Johnny Cash' will appreciate this important labor of love.
Summary of I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny
I Walked the Line is a chronicle of first love, long-kept secrets, betrayal, forgiveness, and the truth--told at last by Johnny Cash's first wife, the mother of his four daughters. It is a book that had the full support of Johnny Cash, who insisted it was time for their story to be told, despite any painful revelations that might come to light as a result.Many myths and contradictions regarding the life of Johnny and his family have been perpetuated for decades in film and literature. Vivian exposes previously untold stories involving Johnny's drug addiction, his fraught family life, and their divorce in 1968, as well as the truth behind the writing of two of Johnny's most famous songs, "I Walk the Line" and "Ring of Fire."
Supplemented by a never-before-published archive of love letters and family photos, I Walked the Line offers a deeper look at one of the most sig- nificant artists in music history. Here, fans and readers can experience the extraordinary account of love and heartbreak between Johnny and Vivian, and come to understand Vivian's dignified silence over the years. Through this elegant, revealing, and powerful memoir, Vivian Cash's voice is finally heard.
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