Her work has appeared in numerous publications including the Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Christian Science Monitor, Mothering magazine, The Jewish Journal, Working Writer and California Monthly magazine. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and her law degree from UCLA.Īfter leaving law to raise her three children, Rosenthal turned to writing personal essays and children’s books. His discovery leads him to find the sense of purpose he’s been seeking.īefore writing, Rosenthal, was the Western States Counsel for the Anti-Defamation League. James’s life is turned upside-down yet again when he uncovers a family secret involving his beloved grandmother. But he finds a friend in Paul, a Russian immigrant, who is also treated as an outcast, and together, they battle the school bully. Treated as a pariah at school, James is taunted as being cursed by his family’s bad luck. His mother is in jail and when is father is struck dead by lightning, James goes to live with his grandparents. Eleven-year-old James is struggling to find his purpose in life and to uncover a family secret. The 272-page juvenile fiction is based in 1928 in Odessa, Texas. Masks are required at the store, located at 225 26 th Street, in the Brentwood Country Mart. Author Betsy Rosenthal will discuss and sign her latest book “When Lightnin’ Struck” in the courtyard at DIESEL, a Brentwood bookstore, this Sunday, February 27 at 3 p.m.
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