ECW Book Club
Host: Pat Holmes
10 am - 11 am, Chapel Family Room
SUMMER 2026: PRIDE AND PLEASURE: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vail
This is the story of the Schuyler sisters, born to a wealthy colonist in the Hudson Valley just before the outbreak of the American War of Independence. The quiet one marries Alexander Hamilton when he is a penniless immigrant. In contrast, the flamboyant sister marries a rake and has flirtations with many of the most significant men of her age, both in Europe and the colonies, including her sister’s husband.
FALL 2026 READING LIST
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026: THEO OF GOLDEN by Allen Levi
OCTOBER 20, 2026: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead
NOVEMBER 17, 2026: THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN by Lisa See
DECEMBER 15, 2026: ELEANOR OF AVIGNON by Elizabeth DeLozier
BOOK EXCHANGE: BRING A GOOD BOOK TO THE DECEMBER MEETING TO EXCHANGE.
JANUARY 19, 2027; ISOLA by Allegra Goodman
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.