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In Peter Golenbock's shocking and revealing first novel, Mickey Mantle tells the hidden story of his life as a baseball hero, and asks for forgiveness from his friends and family. If the revelations in Jim Bouton's Ball Four were the first crack in the Mantle legend, then 7 smashes the myth to reveal the human being within.

Best-selling sportswriter Peter Golenbock knew Mickey Mantle, as well as many of Mantle's friends, family members, and teammates. While Mickey was a good person at heart, he had a dark side that went far beyond his well-known alcoholism and infidelities. In Golenbock's shocking and revealing first novel, 7, Mickey tells the hidden story of his life as a baseball hero and asks for forgiveness from his friends and family. In this fictional portrait, Mantle, now in heaven, needs to unburden himself of all the horrible things he did and understand for himself why he did them.

Most women have dreams. Dreams of meeting the perfect man — the perfect mate. Makayla Maxwell, on the other hand, was not like most women. She was not a dreamer. Nor was she a hopeless romantic. She viewed men as superficial, egotistical, and transparent in their desires. Sex. Sex. Sex. That was always their end goal. But on a last-second weekend getaway to Las Vegas, her outlook on men was challenged when she met Daniel Kellerman, a millionaire boxing promoter. Daniel’s ability to make her feel special overwhelmed her usually ambivalent personality.