Let's Call Her Barbie
(Paperback, Large Print Edition)
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Publishing Details
Let's Call Her Barbie
By (Author) Renee Rosen
Thorndike Press
Thorndike Press
1st April 2025
Large Print Edition
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Description
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold novel by USA Today bestselling author Rene Rosen.
As featured in The New York Post Book Riot The Nerd Daily Chicago Review of Books and more!
A fresh and fun take on Barbie loreclever and satisfying.Shelby Van Pelt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures
When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what shes setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up.
In 1956, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruths vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything.
As Ruth assembles her team of creative rebelshead engineer Jack Ryan who hides his deepest secrets behind his genius and designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein, whose hopes and dreams rest on the success of Barbies fashionshe knows theyre working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground.
In the decades to comethrough soaring heights and devastating personal lows, public scandals and private tensions each of them will have to decide how tightly to hold on to their creation. Because Barbie has never been just a dollshes a legacy.
Reviews
"Rosen vividly portrays her characters and deftly balances covering both the highs and lows of their personal lives and the professional challenges that arise along the way . . . With cultural interest in Barbie still sky high, this novel is a great choice for historical fiction readers interested in strong, complex women, both in and out of the toy aisle."Library Journal (starred review)
A fictional retelling of Barbies origin story, from Ruths first brainstorm until she leaves Mattel in the 1970s, Rosens novel is infused with pathos and wit.Kirkus
Barbie fans will delight in Rosens epic reimagining of the dolls origin story.Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Rene Rosen is the USA Today bestselling author of Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl, The Social Graces, Park Avenue Summer, Windy City Blues, White Collar Girl, What the Lady Wants, and Dollface. Rene lives in Chicago.
