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The kiss

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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. …

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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.

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"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 …"

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