A new book by Johnny Cash's first wife, the late Vivian Distin, charting her life with the legendary singer, will focus on thousands of love letters the couple sent to one another during Cash's service in the US Air Force. Distin, who died last year, co-wrote the book with Ann Sharpsteen, who says: "The letters really reveal the real man, unclouded by drugs. Letters were his dreams, fears, a variety of subjects, fidelity, alcohol, faith. It's like reading someone's diary."
As previously reported, Distin's portrayal in the recent Cash biopic 'Walk The Line', which focused on Cash's marriage to June Carter Cash, has been criticized by her daughter Kathy Cash, who says: "My mom was basically a nonentity in the entire film except for the mad little psycho who hated his career. She loved his career and was proud of him until he started taking drugs and stopped coming home."