The Elected Member Author:Bernice Rubens 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 institution after suffering a nervous breakdown. But what causes his ... more »breakdown? Was it his parents who simply hold onto him too tightly? His 2 sisters whom he committed crimes of the heart against?« less