Říkejme jí Barbie – Rosen Renée (2025)

It was only 30 cm tall, but it changed the world. In a novel inspired by true events, Barbie is born before your eyes.

When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy factory she co-founded and presents her idea for a new doll unlike any other, she knows she is embarking on a complex task. It may take the world a while to embrace this idea. In 1956, all dolls look like babies, and little girls have no choice but to play at being mothers. Ruth's vision of a toy in the form of an adult woman with an enviable wardrobe allows girls to dream that they can be anything.

As Ruth assembles a creative team (engineer Jack Ryan, who hides his inner demons behind his genius talent, and fashion designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein, whose hopes and dreams depend on Barbie's success), she realizes that time is of the essence. The new, bold doll must hit the toy store shelves as soon as possible.

In the coming decades – through sharp rises and devastating professional and personal falls, public scandals, and private failures – each team member will have to decide many times how strongly they want to commit to their shared creation. Because Barbie...