Author event! Renee Rosen and Matthew Keith

Zibby's Bookshop is excited to welcome Renee Rosen and Matthew Keith to celebrate the launch of LET'S CALL HER BARBIE.

About the book:

She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen.

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 she’s 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. Ruth’s 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 rebels—head 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 Barbie’s fashion—she knows they’re working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground.

In the decades to come—through 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 doll—she’s a legacy.

About the authors:

Renee Rosen is a USA Today bestselling author of nine historical novels, including Let’s Call Her Barbie, Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl, The Social Graces, and Park Avenue Summer. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. She lives in Chicago and is at work on a new novel.

Matthew Keith combines humor with doll photography. In addition to Let’s Call Her Barbie, his work has been featured in the L.A. Times. Visit @dollsonthebrain on Instagram, TikTok or Facebook.

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