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From the weirdly funny to the deathly serious, author Michael Martinelli shares stories from his childhood in the intriguing memoir Passing Through the Clubhouse. -At the young age of eight, Martinelli is faced with the question of why his baby sister can't walk naked wherever she wants without the threat of adults telling her what to do. He also wonders what it would be like to eat peanut butter, banana, and raspberry fluff sandwiches all the time. -Days before the start of another year of school when he'll be a fourth grader, Martinelli reconnects with a long-lost relative after the death of his aunt. -Within the throes of puberty and the summer just beginning, he begins tackling the trials and tribulations of the slow but urgent need for freedom with his best friend. -Just when he thinks his group of friends is secure, the end of middle school is in sight, and the doors of high school are about to open, Martinelli takes a ride on his dirt bike that practically costs him his life. Each story in Passing Through the Clubhouse provides a vivid sketch of what the world looks like through one boy's eyes from the ages of six to fourteen.

Now that you are out of prison you reply on fate to guide you along the way. What life didn't tell you the course of events that will occur determining your fate. As soon as you think life will start getting good because one obstacle, a tragedy. Life doesn't stop there as two obstacles get harder and your decisions become wrong because of over jealous, to confident, and to proud. You will learn you can control your destiny by hard honest work and taking life one day at a time. Live in the now makes the future better, but first you have to be challenged by one events that are going to take place to determine your fate.

In this poignant tale, a psychologist makes a critical decision with her heart after learning the true identity of a teenage patient, threatening the happiness of everyone she loves. When psychologist Rachel Marston learns the true identity of her troubled teenage patient, Heather Brody, she knows there is only one ethical thing to do. Despite the fact that fifteen-year-old Heather is responding well to treatment, Rachel must inform the adoptive parents that she can no longer treat their daughter, and then help them find another therapist. Unfortunately, sometimes doing the right thing is more difficult than one imagines. Unable to face the prospect of abandoning the girl, Rachel decides to keep her discovery a secret. As the relationship with her young patient deepens, Rachel's teenage lover, Larry Tobin, returns to her life, transformed from the sarcastic, bitter young man she once knew into a warm and gifted healer. Rachel's original deception is compounded as she reaches out for a second chance. When a crisis threatens all she holds dear, Rachel must face the consequences of attempting to build a future on a lie from the past.