{"product_id":"love-and-its-penalties-a-memoir-9781764120098","title":"love and its penalties a memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'love and its penalties a memoir' by John Bartlett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Bartlett grew up in country South Australia on the Murray as a pious Catholic boy before attending boarding school in Adelaide. As a teenager he entered a Catholic seminary in Sydney where he spent seven years training to be a Catholic priest before going overseas to work in Mindanao in the Southern Philippines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere he was exposed to the political turmoil of the Marcos' Martial Law years and the ongoing wars against Islamic separatists. In 1980 he left the priesthood and returned to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralia and Melbourne where he came out as gay at the height of the HIV AIDS pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe took on a variety of jobs, including kitchen hand, masseur and film extra before turning to professional writing and subsequently published fiction, non-fiction and poetry -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etwelve books in all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart this is a story of falling in love too easily and too often.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walleah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764120098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"John Bartlett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52360471675061,"sku":"9781764120098","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_101f8edb-932d-48d2-bf13-b810fd1038e1.jpg?v=1773721107","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/love-and-its-penalties-a-memoir-9781764120098","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}