One eRead Canada

One eRead Canada is a national, bilingual digital book club connecting readers to one another and to their libraries. Libraries across Canada are offering free, unlimited eBook and audiobook access to Valid by Chris Bergeron for the month of April. No holds or waitlists!

About the Book

A heartbreaking tale of a family and an impossible love, torn apart by secrets and traditions in late-twentieth-century Cairo.

As a boy in 1960s Cairo, Tarek knows that his entire life is written in advance. He’ll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eyes of his mother and his sister, he starts to do just that – until Ali enters his life and turns it upside down. The two men, from very different worlds, embark on an unsayable relationship that threatens to tear apart Tarek’s family.

Years later, as Tarek is living a solitary life in Montreal, someone starts writing about him and to him, piecing together a past he wants only to forget. But who is the writer of this tale? And will he figure it out in time?

A bestseller in its original Quebec edition and the recipient of several awards, including the Prix Femina des Lycéens, What I Know About You is poised to be an international sensation.