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SUMMARY:Author luncheon with Renee Rosen
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Forester Hotel for a luncheon and discussion with author Ren e as she presents her new book:\n\nLET'S CALL HER BARBIE\n\nTuesday\, January 28\, 2025 11:30am - 1:30pm\n\n200 North Field Drive\n\nLake Forest\, IL 60045\n\n$75 includes lunch and a copy of the book (additional copies on hand for sale)\n\nSpace is limited\, please RSVP at 847-234-4420\n\nShe 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 Ren e Rosen.\n\n\n\nWhen 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.\n\nRenee Rosen is a USA Today bestselling author. Her novels include Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl\, The Social Graces\, Park Avenue Summer\, Windy City Blues\, White Collar Girl\, What the Lady Wants and Dollface as well as the young adult novel\, Every Crooked Pot. She is a native of Akron\, Ohio\, and a graduate of American University in Washington\, D.C. She now lives in Chicago and is at work on a new novel.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Join us at The Forester Hotel for a luncheon and discussion with author Ren<strong>&eacute\;</strong>e as she presents her new book:</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>LET&#39\;S CALL HER BARBIE</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday\, January 28\, 2025 11:30am - 1:30pm</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>200 North Field Drive</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Lake Forest\, IL 60045</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>$75 includes lunch and a copy of the book&nbsp\;(additional copies on hand for sale)</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Space is limited\, please RSVP at 847-234-4420</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall\, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold&nbsp\;new novel by&nbsp\;<em>USA Today</em>&nbsp\;bestselling author Ren&eacute\;e Rosen.</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other\,&nbsp\;<em>she</em>&nbsp\;knows what she&rsquo\;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&rsquo\;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&mdash\;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&rsquo\;s fashion&mdash\;she knows they&rsquo\;re working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground. In the decades to come&mdash\;through soaring heights and devastating personal lows\, public scandals and private tensions&mdash\; each of them will have to decide how tightly to hold on to their creation. Because Barbie has never been just a doll&mdash\;she&rsquo\;s a legacy.</strong></p>\n\n<h3>Renee Rosen is a&nbsp\;<em>USA Today</em>&nbsp\;bestselling author. Her novels include&nbsp\;<em>Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl\, The Social Graces\,</em>&nbsp\;<em>Park Avenue Summer\, Windy City Blues\, White Collar Girl\, What the Lady Wants</em>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<em>Dollface</em>&nbsp\;as well as the young adult novel\,&nbsp\;<em>Every Crooked Pot</em>. She is a native of Akron\, Ohio\, and a graduate of American University in Washington\, D.C. She now lives in Chicago and is at work on a new novel.</h3>\n
LOCATION:The Forester Hotel 200 Field Drive Lake Forest\, IL 60045
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