Disgraced journalist Jayne Baghurst seeks to re-establish herself in London through the support of her daughter Robin, after being served with divorce papers from her husband. While Jayne - an inveterate liar with a personality disorder - attempts to force her once-obliging husband to take on the substantial debt she has accrued during their year of separation, Robin - herself a highly neurotic attention-seeker - is caused to question whether the social contracts of her family relationships have rested on false premises.