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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Period Magazine Top Book of the Year Jane Leavy, the acclaimed writer of the New York Times best-seller Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Heritage, results with a resource of an American original: #7, Mickey Mantle. Elegantly composed and thoroughly documented, The Final Child is just a baseball tapestry that weaves together attacks from the weekend with the Mick in Atlantic City, where she questioned her idol in 1983 after he was banned from baseball, with recollections from family and friends. It's the tale of the boy from Business, Oklahoma, who'd lead the Yankees to seven world titles, be chosen the National League’s Best Player 3 times, get the Triple Crown in 1956, and duel teammate Roger Maris for Girl Ruth’s home run crown while in the summer of 1961—a boy who'd never develop. The Final Child is definitely an unusual resource, with fictional overtones—not merely a face of an image but additionally a study of storage itself.