October Twelfth: A Novel in Six Parts

Beatrix is a ten-year-old girl who feels completely invisible in spite of being wise beyond her years and surrounded by wealth. Allison, a college freshman, attempts to navigate her first serious relationship alongside newfound freedom from emotionally abusive parents. Spencer is an anxiety-ridden twenty-something, thrust unexpectedly into the life of a single father. Caitlin, a mother of two young children, battles addiction and the effect of it on her fragile family system. Isaac is a closeted gay man with one friend and a lost love, who finds himself lonely and retired, evaluating the choices he's made along the way that brought him to this way of life. In October Twelfth, author Cassie McCord will take you on a journey through each of their lives, and ultimately explore what it takes for the stories of Beatrix, Allison, Spencer, Caitlin, and Isaac to collide in this emotional and thought-provoking six-part novel.