Book review: Set Me Free
The arrival of a son is a cause for celebration in Lahore. But when Mani’s brother, Nu, is born, the colour of his skin makes him the subject of malicious rumours.
The siblings are forced to flee Pakistan with their mother to start a new life in London. But theirs is only a temporary reprieve.
When the past catches up with them, Mani is left to care for her brother. Desperate to make things better, Mani thinks she has finally found salvation for her and Nu in the promise of marriage.
Belitz’s novel opens with a brutal bang, a moment that has the potential to define both the novel and its characters in a tragic vein.
Yet this is a story not of surrender but of resilience, of hope overcoming adversity, of finding strength against powerlessness.
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