Hastings Books Hosts Book-Signing for Local Authors

Ardmore - Hastings Books invites the general public to meet local mother-daughter co-authors Correna Wilson Pickens and Farah Bazzrea for a book-signing of their 2008 release, "Sheltered in His Arms" at 12-3 p.m. on Saturday, October 24. Their inspirational biography recalls the struggles of a southern Oklahoma family during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. With little more than their Christian faith to sustain them, the Scarberry family's good fortune rises and falls with the early Healdton oil boom, the railroad, WPA, and the price of cotton. Later, during WWII, Wilma Scarberry Norris learns her husband and father of her two sons is missing-in-action. But through it all, a mother's great faith in God's eternal love and her sacrifice for her sons provides the fertile ground that gives rise to an American icon. According to press and readers' reviews, Sheltered in His Arms offers something for everyone. The beautiful large print paperback and hardcover books include local history, inspiration, humor, depression, romance, murder mystery, Oklahoma history, and much, much more.