![]() ![]() In a decaying world where everything was based on stultifying sameness and similarity, she was gloriously, exhileratingly different. ![]() James’s, Kick swept into Britain’s aristocracy like a fresh wind on a sweltering summer day. ![]() The daughter of the American ambassador to the Court of St. Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy was the incandescent life force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father’s acknowledge “Favorite of all the children” and her brother Jack’s (JFK!) “psychological twin.” She was the Kennedy of Kennedys, sure of her privilege, magnetically charming, and somehow not quite like anyone else on whatever stage she happened to grace. When the ARC for this biography arrived at the bookstore, I got ridiculously excited, so happy was I for a contemporary account of her life. The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy DaughterĮver since I was introduced to Kick Kennedy as a character in the Montmaray Journals (review to come!), I have been fascinated by her life and her experiences as an American in England during the Second World War. ![]()
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