Paul Levy

Loved and lost | 2 June 2016

JFK’s charming, rebellious younger sister defied her parents and captivated the English aristocracy. Two biographies, by Paula Byrne and Barbara Leaming, show how it all ended in tragedy

  • Kick: The True Story of Kick Kennedy, JFK’s Forgotten Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth

    Paula Byrne

    William Collins, pp. 352

  • Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter

    Barbara Leaming

    Thomas Dunne Books, St Martin’s Press, pp. 292

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