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What Was it Like to Have Dinner with Baseball Legend Joe DiMaggio?

Dinner with DiMaggioThere are three things author Dr. Rock Positano wants you to know about his book, Dinner with DiMaggio. 1. It is not a book about baseball. 2. It is not a book about Marilyn Monroe. 3. It is not a tell-all book. Dinner with DiMaggio is a book about the close friendship Positano and baseball legend Joe DiMaggio shared during the last decade of DiMaggio’s life. New York City is a central character in the memoiresque collection of never-before-told stories. While DiMaggio may have been a complex figure, their friendship was an easy one, based on trust and loyalty, and Positano’s gift for “keeping his mouth shut.” Everyone needs a friend like that.

• ON-DEMAND: Listen to Faith and Dr. Positano talk about Dinner with DiMaggio, as well as the best spots to eat in New York City right now. •

Luckily for us, Positano doesn’t keep his mouth completely shut. Readers who understood DiMaggio to be guarded, private, even aloof, will get to know a DiMaggio who is charming, sensitive, kind, and generous. Yes, he was intensely private during a time when privacy was largely achievable, but he was not a recluse. DiMaggio was a man who valued sitting down with family and friends for a good meal. Rock Positano had a seat at the table—and the good sense to take notes.

— Robyn Doyon-Aitken
Senior Producer

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