Irrepressibly imaginative, the three Carne sisters cannot resist conjuring up fancies; from their talking childhood toys, Ironface the Doll and Dion Saffyn the pierrot, to their fulsomely-imagined friendship with the real Judge Toddington who they affectionately call Toddy. When middle-sister Deirdre meets Toddy's real-life wife at a charity bazaar, the three sisters are forced to confront the subject of their imaginings. Will Deirdre, Katrine and Sheil cast off the fantasies of childhood forever? And when fancy and reality collide, who can tell whether Ironface can really talk, whether Judge Toddington truly wears lavender silk pyjamas or whether the Brontes did indeed go to Woolworths?