Mile End Kicks

In 2011, Grace Pine is a 22-year-old music critic for the alt-weekly magazine Merge Weekly in Toronto. One summer, she moves to Montreal to write a 33 ⅓ book about Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill. She rents an apartment in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood she found on Craigslist with roommate Madeleine, a local DJ whose boyfriend Hugo Côté is the drummer for the up-and-coming four-piece indie rock band Bone Patrol. After pitching her book to New York City editor Phoebe Reilly via Skype, Grace lands a publishing deal and receives a $500 advance.