The Good Parts

A Novel

De: Evann Normandin

An epic, unforgettable love story about a woman who takes a memory-erasing pill and the man she once loved who returns as a stranger, hoping to make her fall for him all over again—for fans of One Day and In Five Years.

“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

She erased their past. He’s betting on their future.

When Landon receives a letter from Rose—the woman he once planned forever with—he learns their love story is over. She’s undergone a radical memory-erasing treatment, leaving behind her grief, her past... and him. But Landon can't bear to lose the love of his life. If she fell for him once, couldn’t she fall for him again?

Now living in Edinburgh, Rose's world is a blank canvas, and she's dating someone new. When Landon reenters her life as a stranger, they become fast friends, their lives entwining once more. But what Rose doesn’t know is that this new friend carries the weight of everything they once shared: their firsts, their marriage, and the heartbreak they barely survived. And when she starts exhibiting strange symptoms, it becomes clear their history isn’t gone—it’s just buried. And remembering could come at a devastating cost.

Told in alternating timelines—his from the present, hers from the past—The Good Parts is an achingly poignant story about the people we become across a lifetime, and the quiet grace of learning to let go while holding on to what’s worth keeping.

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"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

"A gripping, luminous love story that trusts the reader. The Good Parts is intimate, aching, and quietly profound—proof that romance can be both devastating and deeply wise.” —Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of Love and Other Words

"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. Normandin 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

“A shattering exploration of love, grief, and second chances. I was all in with these characters and couldn’t stop turning pages until the end.”
—Tracey Lange, New York Times bestselling author of We Are the Brennans

“A fascinating premise, brilliantly executed. The Good Parts is a clever, shattering and deeply satisfying portrayal of the complexity of love.”
—Emma Grey, USA TODAY bestselling author of Pictures of You

"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

"With endearing characters and a hint of stubborn madness, Normandin’s story of mythic love is simply fabulous."
—Sierra Greer, award-winning author of Annie Bot

“One Day meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in this intimate portrayal of life-changing love and insurmountable grief. The Good Parts questions how memory defines—and redefines—us, while giving us characters to fall in love with, and a big, bold question that lingers long after the last page: if you could erase your life and start over, would you?”
—Daria Lavelle, author of Aftertaste