The book tells the story of Nigel Williams. Born into a one parent family and who's Mum suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. Taken into care at 6 years of age Nigel sought solace in solvents, drugs and alcohol. Falling into a life of crime from his early teens he inevitably ended up in prison aged 17. So started the cycle of re-offending which was to last for over a decade.