Set Me Free

Employment lawyer Hina Belitz’s debut novel Set Me Free follows a teenage girl’s journey as her family is forced to flee Lahore and start a new life in London. But Mani’s life is turned upside down when her mother is murdered and she is forced to accept an arranged marriage with a violent suitor. In the depths of her despair, Mani decides to reach out to the world through a series of love letters and finally discovers hope in the midst of darkness. Set Me Free addresses arranged marriage, religious tradition and folklore, asylum, marital rape and honour-based violence.