Helen treballa en una planta processadora de pollastre i viu amb el seu exmarit i la nova xicota d’aquest en una àrea industrial del nord de Gal·les. Un bon dia, Joanne, el seu amor d’adolescència, torna a la ciutat després de la mort del seu pare.
"Helen" (Louise Brealy) wakes up in the morning in what looks like a bedsit, with a suitcase of her meagre possessions tucked under the mattress. A chubby chav walks in on her and we discover that this is, in fact, her husband "Gary" (Celyn Jones) who has banished her to the spare room so he can live with his teeny-pop girlfriend "Amy" (Emily Fairn) and their brand new baby. Needless to say, she's...