ECW Book Club

ECW Book Club
Host: Pat Holmes
Third Tuesdays (Sept 17, Oct 15, Nov 19) and December 10
10 am - 11 am, Room 101 (Chapel Bridal Room)

Resident SJD author Pat Holmes will host the  Women's Book Club monthly on the third Tuesday morning at 10 am in the Chapel Bride's Room. This will not be a Bible study - we will read popular novels. Please RSVP in advance to Pat Holmes.

ECW BOOKCLUB FALL, 2024 SCHEDULE:

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone      
A stunning, magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine set in Kerala, India evolving over generations.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15
THE ROSE CODE by Kate Quinn, author of The Alice Network
Three female code breakers during and in the aftermath of World War II.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19
THE TIDE BETWEEN US: AN IRISH CARIBBEAN STORY OF SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION by Olive Collins

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10
A DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS by Pip Williams
The overlooked role of women in the compilation of the Oxford Dictionary recommended by Maretta Toedt.

Note that the December meeting will take place on the second Tuesday rather than the third so as to avoid the Christmas holiday week.  We can change this if the group wants the regular third Tuesday. I am excited about seeing you all again soon. Don’t hesitate to invite your friends! — Pat

Patricia Hunt Holmes spent 30 years as a public finance attorney with a large international law firm, specializing in nonprofit healthcare finance and rural electric cooperative finance. Consistently listed in Best Lawyers in America, Texas Super Lawyers, and Top Lawyers in Houston, she was a frequent speaker at national public finance and health care conferences. Patricia has also served on the faculty of the University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Tennessee, and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She has written and published in the fields of intellectual history and law.

In addition to her legal career, Patricia has been a member and board member of several social service organizations throughout Houston, including the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast Women’s Initiative, Dress for Success Houston, the University of Houston Women’s Studies Program, University of Houston Law Review Board of Directors, is a Trustee of the Houston Grand Opera, and Houston Justice for Our Neighbors.