This is the story of woman's struggle for her love for her child. Faith stays locked in her flat, petrified to go out, with her moody, controlling boyfriend Mance. She dreams of the day she can have her daughter back but she has lost all sense of reality. The only world that seems safe for her is the dollhouse that she played with as child. Nell, now 7, has been brought up by Faith's sister, Eris. Facing the big 40, Eris has arranged for the child to be adopted to pursue what she sees as her last chance of love. Her boyfriend Mance wants the child out of their lives. Pregnant with Mance's baby, Faith has to prove she can be a mother to Nell if she is to go through with the birth. The only way is for her to take Nell into to her fantasy world of the dolls but, as reality creeps in, this 'happy place' starts to reveal itself as a thin veil over her terrifying past. As her boyfriend and sister turn increasingly against her, and Nell feels once more betrayed.