Ruth Handler is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 and serving as the first president of Mattel, a company she co-founded with her husband Elliot Handler, from 1945 to 1973.

Taking place in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the historical fiction novel follows Ruth Handler — one of the co-founders of toy manufacturing and entertainment company Mattel — during a time ...