THE GOOD PARTS

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Coming July 2026

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THE GOOD PARTS ✦ Coming July 2026 ✦

“A staggering portrait of the pain and glory of enduring love…”
Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Perfect Storm

Book cover for "The Good Parts" by Evann Normandin featuring silhouettes of a woman and a man holding hands, surrounded by colorful figures and an arched background.

The Good Parts

A dual-timeline speculative love story follows a woman who undergoes an irreversible memory-erasing procedure, and the man she once loved who reenters her life as a stranger, determined to make her fall for him all over again—but at a cost.

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Praise for The Good Parts

"I tore through The Good Parts until its last page rendered me speechless. This is a staggering portrait of the pain and glory of enduring love, and a story you won’t soon forget."

Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Perfect Storm

"The Good Parts is an exquisite exploration of memory, grief, the choices we make, and the ways we love. The fantastical premise drew me in, and the cozy backdrop of Edinburgh made me want to stay. Normandin's characters navigated the moral and ethical dilemmas she posed in such a way that, despite the surreal elements, made the narrative feel entirely true. For a book about forgetting, The Good Parts will not let you go, and will keep you thinking about the world she has built long after you've finished reading."

Amy Neff, Internationally bestselling author of The Days I Loved You Most

"What a complete gem this novel is. I became deeply, maybe even irrationally, invested in Landon and Rose's story; how it started, how it ended, everything that happened in between and what's next in their journey. Evann has conjured a BIG love, conveyed in hundreds of small, beautiful moments. And the speculative angle—a most provocative what if?—had just the right light, intriguing touch. It was love at first read for me and The Good Parts, and I'm betting literary sparks will fly for many, many other readers, too."

Christine Pride, Author of GMA Book Club pick We Are Not Like Them

Author headshot of Evann Normandin, a woman with dark hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark blue turtleneck, standing outdoors with a blurred stone wall background.

About the Author

Evann Normandin is a Massachusetts-based author of the debut novel The Good Parts, set for release July 28, 2026 by Grand Central Publishing.

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Press

  • Evann Normandin's THE GOOD PARTS, a dual-timeline speculative love story, pitched as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Rebecca Serle's IN FIVE YEARS, following a woman who undergoes an irreversible memory-erasing procedure, and the man she once loved who reenters her life as a stranger, determined to make her fall for him all over again-but at a cost, to Nicole Luongo at Grand Central, in a major deal, for seven figures, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Michelle Wolfson at Wolfson Literary Agency (NA).

    Rights also to Sextante (Brazil), in a pre-empt, by Sandra Bruna at Sandra Bruna Literary Agency; to Heyne (Germany), at auction, in a six-figure deal, by Uwe Neumahr at Agence Hoffman; to Libri (Hungary), in a pre-empt, by Norbert Uzseka at Lex Copyright Office; and to Piemme (Italy), in a pre-empt, by Mariavittoria Puccetti at The Italian Agency.

    Translation: Taryn Fagerness Agency | Film/TV: Lucy Stille

    Publishers Marketplace

  • Nicole Luongo at Grand Central purchased, at auction, North American rights to Evann Normandin’s debut novel, The Good Parts, from Michelle Wolfson at Wolfson Literary. The speculative love story, per the publisher, follows “a woman who undergoes an irreversible memory-erasing procedure and the man she once loved who reenters her life as a stranger, determined to make her fall for him all over again—but at a great cost.” Publication is set for summer 2026.

    Publishers Weekly

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