Soldier's Wife is a straightforward biography of Katie Lucille (Lucy) Walker, a devoted wife and mother, who with her children followed her husband Asa (Ace) Francis Walker, Jr. to Alaska, Japan, Guam, Germany, and other faraway places as he served in the military. Living in foreign countries and cultures presented challenges that were nothing like those Lucy had known as a poverty stricken country girl growing up in the foothills of Appalachia. Although she was born in the mist of the Great Depression and grew up during World War II, she never allowed herself to be bogged down by poverty....