Join us on Sunday, March 9th at 12:00 pm at The Garment Factory for a luncheon with USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen. Rosen will discuss her new novel Let's Call Her Barbie. A ticket includes entry to the event, a signed paperback copy of the book, and a three-course lunch provided by The Garment Factory.

If you will not be attending the event, use this link to purchase a signed copy to pick up after the event. If you need your book shipped to you choose priority mail shipping and we will send you a signed copy of the book after March 9th.

We are pleased to provide accessibility accommodations for this event upon request. To arrange accommodations, including accommodations related to a food allergy or request additional information about accommodations for this event please email hello@wildgeesebookshop.com

Please note: all food allergy accommodations need to be submitted at least 48 hours before the event to allow staff to prepare alternate meals.

Event Policies:

Outside food or drink is not permitted at this venue.
A ticket is required for every person attending this event above the age of 2. This event does not allow at-the-door sales and individuals without a ticket can not be allowed entry.
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Books not picked up after 60 days are forfeited and can not be refunded.

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 author:

Renee 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.

Renee Rosen at The Garment Factory

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General Admission with Lunch ticket