{"product_id":"only-joy-bites-9781764118583","title":"Only Joy Bites","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShelley Hill's life was a tightrope of performance - pristine police officer on the outside, chaos underneath.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the badge: social drug use, fractured relationships and a relentless hunger to feel alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a drug investigation ends her thirteen-year police career - and her private life is splashed across the headlines - Shelley doesn't run to escape. She runs to rebuild. From Sydney's queer clubs to a Cambodian gambling den, what follows is a spiralling, psychedelic search for truth, meaning, and something solid to hold onto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly Joy Bites is a raw, beautifully gritty memoir about identity, shame, the strength of love in all its human messiness and the unpredictable path to healing that begins after one unassuming but deadly mosquito bite. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with dark humour and unflinching self-awareness, it explores the sharp edge of what happens when you finally let go - and life unexpectedly grabs you by the throat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Healing House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764118583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.57d","brand":"Shelley Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181416870069,"sku":"9781764118583","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fb9afde9-d0e2-4ebb-8230-5d702469947f.jpg?v=1768923077","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/only-joy-bites-9781764118583","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}