A review by eunicek82
The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.5

I can see why this won the Booker. It’s a very well-written family drama examining the roots of mental illness. The way she doles out key moments in the family’s history was so well done. I’m not completely sure what her message is by making the family a deeply religious one but it seems that she might be saying that a narrow world view can have dire consequences.