The kiss
Subtitle: the story of an obsession
By: Hugo Vickers
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780140263268
Subjects: Biography; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: Joan Kappey lived with her sister in genteel poverty in Windsor. In 1960, Joan, a spinster, received a kiss from a man many years younger than herself. So began a passion that lasted almost to the end of her life. This is a true story of a vanishing class and powerful obsession.
Notes: Originally published: London: H. Hamilton, 1996.