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Kick: The True Story of Kick Kennedy by Paula Byrne William Collins 352pp £20 The Week bookshop £17 (incl. p&p) When Kathleen – or “Kick” – Kennedy was a girl, she and her older brother Jack were strikingly alike, said Bee Wilson in The Guardian. They had the same thick mops of hair and bright blue eyes; both were “witty, sporty and sharp”. Jack, of course, would go on to become president, but though Kick was also interested in politics, her path during her tragically short life – she died, aged 28, in a plane crash – took a different turn. In this “brilliant and sympathetic” biography, Paula Byrne shows the “deep double standards” a Kennedy upbringing involved. While Jack and his three brothers were encouraged to be promiscuous and ambitious, Kick and her…

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