If You Knew... by: Richard Plourde

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I devoured If You Knew… by Richard Plourde in just a few days. While it absolutely left me emotionally exhausted, I mean that as the highest possible compliment—I was utterly captivated and moved by this story. Plourde has crafted an emotionally raw and profound novel that demands your full attention.

Book Description

When their four-year-old son Gabriel’s leukaemia relapses, Richard and his wife are thrust back into the nightmare they thought they had escaped. Every heartbeat feels like a countdown as they beg for a miracle to keep their child alive.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in time, Bill — a young university student reeling from heartbreak — suddenly glimpses a future that shouldn’t be his to see. Horrified by the suffering that seems to await, he vows to defy it at all costs.

As both men confront what they most fear, their stories converge into a haunting clash of destiny, courage, and life-altering choices. Will the actions they take be enough to rewrite fate, or are some destinies impossible to escape?

About Richard Plourde

Bestselling author Richard Plourde is a retired optometrist with a genuine passion for writing captivating stories. His two novels, originally published in French, were both critically acclaimed and were finalists for the coveted France-Acadie literary prize.

Richard also published a children’s novel that was selected as a one of the top children’s book of the year by the consumer guide “Protégez-vous”.

His books have been translated and published in English.

Father of two accomplished young adults and three beloved cats, he lives in a lovely town nestled in a valley surrounded by mountains in New Brunswick, Canada.



Richard is currently working on his fourth novel and is also writing the screenplay for his first book.

My Thoughts

I devoured If You Knew… by Richard Plourde in just a few days. While it absolutely left me emotionally exhausted, I mean that as the highest possible compliment—I was utterly captivated and moved by this story. Plourde has crafted an emotionally raw and profound novel that demands your full attention.

The narrative is powerfully driven by two converging storylines. On one hand, we have Richard and his wife, who are thrust back into a living hell when their four-year-old son, Gabriel, suffers a relapse of leukemia. Their every moment becomes a desperate countdown, a heartbreaking plea for a miracle.

Simultaneously, we meet Bill, a young, heartbroken university student who is suddenly granted terrifying glimpses of a future that shouldn't be his to see. Horrified by the suffering revealed in these visions, Bill makes a solemn vow to defy his destiny, no matter the cost.

The author brilliantly manages the mounting tension as the lives of these two men—one fighting for a present miracle, the other battling a future certainty—draw closer. The resulting clash of destiny, courage, and life-altering choices is haunting and utterly compelling.

The emotional depth and character development are fabulous. Plourde handles the complex emotions of fear, love, and desperation with an authentic rawness that is reminiscent of the heart-wrenching dilemmas found in My Sister’s Keeper and the sweeping, time-affected romance of The Time Traveler’s Wife.

The core question this novel asks is timeless: what would you do, if you knew?

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