Book Review: Grambo by Evelyn Dykes Chriswell

I cannot describe what it is like in a combat zone. I have never been on the mission field in a foreign country. I cannot tell exciting tales from firsthand knowledge of a live retracing of the journeys of the Apostle Paul in a Volkswagen “bug”. Thus it was thrilling for me to follow Evelyn Dykes Chriswell on her journeys as she shares them in her book “Grambo, The True Adventures of an American Grandmother in Baghdad... and Beyond”. The book is a biography of the love and the faith of a woman from childhood to mortar rounds exploding as she huddles in a bunker in Baghdad, Iraq. The author bares her heart as she shares her life of travels, tragedies, and triumphs.

Evelyn Dykes Chriswell does an outstanding job as she weaves the details of her life tightly around the faith she possesses in the God she serves. Time and time again I found myself riveted to my chair held captive by the stories given in such generous detail. Every chapter of the book begins with a passage of scripture which is then applied to the adventures which unfold throughout the chapter. Each story offers a nugget of inspiration and truth and reads so well as to give the sensation of being in the story, walking step by step with the author.

The amount of biographies I read are few and far between with most of them being of historic significance. Evelyn Dykes Chriswell possesses the ability to tell a life story as a clear testimony to her love and faith in a way which grips the heart and mind of the reader taking “Grambo, The True Adventures of an American Grandmother in Baghdad... and Beyond” beyond being just another biography!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and enthusiastically offer a five-star rating in my review of it. “Grambo, The True Adventures of an American Grandmother in Baghdad... and Beyond” is one of those books I will take from my bookshelf and read again and again. I recommend it highly to anyone looking for a good read.

I received this book free from the author for review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."