The Elected Member
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Norman is the clever one of a close-knit Jewish family in the East End of London. Infant prodigy; brilliant barrister; the apple of his parents' eyes... until at forty-one he becomes a drug addict,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0671506307
ISBN13:9780671506308
Release Date:April 1984
Publisher:Pocket Books
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
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Tragic fall of a family
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Bernice Rubens' novels are difficult to find here in America but are definitely worth reading. The Elected Member is about the Zweck family, a well-to-do Orthodox Jewish family in England, and how it slowly disintegrated because of their firm hold onto their culture. The novel centers on the eldest son Norman who once was a top lawyer, but had to be admitted to a mental instituion after suffering a nervous breakdown. But what causes his breakdown? Was it his parents who simply hold onto him too tightly? His 2 sisters whom he committed crimes of the heart against? Rubens expertly transport us to the Zwecks' family past and slowly reveals how past mistakes can come back to haunt everyone in a family.
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