This is James Bridgwater's third book but second novel producing an autobiography between the fiction works. Confessions of an Emotional Shipwreck tells of his life following a tragic accident leading to boarding school education. Mental health issues have affected his life following his mother's suicide and his own traumatic breakdown resulting in being convicted and imprisoned. However, via humor he tells the story of restoring his life and eventually becomes a teacher of English in Hungary. He then returns home to Plymouth and begins working as a creative writer and becomes increasingly involved with local community church and theater.