Toronto, 1967. Two young women with different backgrounds, attitudes, and aptitudes are living in an exciting but confusing time. They have little in common except for the place they both call home: an apartment building on Isabella Street. Marion Hart, a psychiatrist working in Toronto's foremost mental institution, is fighting deinstitutionalization—the closing of major institutions in favour of community-based centres—because she believes it could one day cause major homelessness. Sassy Rankin, a budding folk singer and carefree hippy from a privileged family, joins protests over the Vietnam War and is devastated that her brother chose to join the US Marines. The strength of their unlikely friendship means that when one grapples with a catastrophic event, the other must do all she can to make it right.
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