Vivian Cash’s memoir, I Walked the Line, is a powerful and often heartbreaking account of what it was like to be the first Mrs. Johnny Cash. This book pulls back the curtain on the legendary singer’s rise to fame while showing the personal cost it had on his family. Written with honesty and emotional depth, Vivian tells her story not as a star-struck spouse, but as a devoted wife and mother left to raise four daughters while her husband’s life spiraled into addiction, fame, and ultimately betrayal. What makes the book especially poignant is Vivian’s unwavering faith and loyalty. She truly believed in Johnny’s talent and supported him long before he was famous. Yet as he toured constantly and became entangled with June Carter, Vivian’s world unraveled. The pain she describes is raw—readers feel the loneliness of being left at home, the sting of rumors, and the devastation of seeing her marriage eroded by infidelity. The book also casts a harsher light on June Carter, who was already twice divorced with two children when she entered Johnny’s life. Vivian makes clear that June knew Johnny was married with four little girls, but pursued him regardless. To Vivian, June wasn’t just a colleague or friend—she was the woman who knowingly inserted herself into a family and contributed to its downfall. For those who’ve only ever seen the romanticized version of Johnny and June’s love story (especially in the film Walk the Line), Vivian’s account is a sobering and valid counterpoint. Overall, I Walked the Line is not only the story of a famous musician’s wife, but also a testimony to resilience. Vivian gives voice to the silenced partner of a legend, reminding readers that behind every myth is a very real family who bore the consequences.

What an interesting and revealing memoir by a Vietnamese immigrant, who through her parents' support and her determination and perseverance, leads to a successful career in TV journalism. An inspiring story.

The stories are short, but interesting. But the illustrations and some photography, mostly, leave you to desire more clarity and detail. But it is still a good book.

Text and skazky are wonderful, but the illustrations are pretty wild and out of context to stories by a great Russian / Soviet childrens' story-teller.

Historical, horror, and romance wrapped into one book. I couldn't get enough of it. I will say it is more of romance than a horror and the couple had many quarrels to get through. Néstor believes Nena is dead and revels with that grief for nine years, believing it was all his fault and flees their hometown at 13. Nena, alive, feels abandoned by Néstor, her closest friend from childhood and deals with that sort of grief. The two reunite to defend their land from US colonizers and a monster that lurks in the dark. I enjoyed the story but am docking .5 of a star because at times it felt a bit repetitive, but that did not ruin the book for me.

An insainly humorous and an intelligent book. Unfortunately, this travels of his with cameraman had been cut short and not allowed them a visit to Leningrad, the intellictual (in real sense of the word).... However, maybe it was for the best, as the after-the-war skinned to its famishing raw cement, the after osage by soviets and hitler's osadage, there would nothing to enjoy... Just untimely gray-haired women and veterans, who stayed there.... with their wise heads held strong and untimidated by all the horrors of their unhuman conditioned lives....

Quick, cute read dealing with the death of her mother, she finds extended family members in Sicily who reach out to her after a DNA test. Aurora is career-driven, who dislikes downtime and sees being on the move as the answer. She doesn't have time for family, but her trip to Sicily conflicts with everything she knows about herself, who she is, and who she wants to be.

I have not yet started reading the texts, but pictures, for sure, are Super ugly, irrelevant and quite unusual for Russian story-tellers and their illustrators-helpers, at that !

All the old talk. Poorly organized and nothing new, better of intertaining in this volume.

A very interesting thought process, remembering his criminal cases the author, Fox News host and public prosecuter in the past, Trey Gowdy is thinking aloud about fairness in the USA society about punishing cruelty, murderers and protecting and Sound-boarding those who falls victims to these monsters: young and old. A great phylosophical account.