Getting yourself a girlfriend is easy, according to Richard. All you need is papier mache, string, soft material, a balloon, some old fashioned bellows, and a good pair of scissors. The difficult bit is keeping her secret. Set in an English suburb in the early 1990s, this is the story of Richard''s all-consuming passion for creating ''girls'' from household objects. But as his hobby begins to flourish, his real life friendships and family relationships deteriorate.