The Canadian Urban Libraries Council has selected Éric Chacour's novel What I Know About You, translated by Pablo Strauss, for the One eRead Canada 2026 digital book club. What I Know About You is a story of star-crossed love and family that begins in Cairo in the 1960s and picks up in the early 2000s in Montreal.
A bold, darkly funny debut, this novel follows Charlie Francis, a mixed-ancestry Mi'kmaw woman whose carefully crafted five-year plan unravels as her graduate thesis stalls, her beloved uncle dies, and her relationship collapses. Determined to assert her independence, she pursues academia despite the racism of a predominantly white institution—only to find herself unexpectedly pregnant and facing single motherhood. As she grapples with grief, financial strain, and the weight of colonial history, Charlie must reconcile her ambitions with her identity and responsibilities. With grit and humor, the story explores family, love, and what it means to forge a new path when the old one falls apart.