Grambo

Grambo: The True Adventures of an American Grandmother in Baghdad...and Beyond is the inspiring faith-filled memoir chronicling the life of Evelyn Chriswell a Pentecostal Christian who went to work as a civilian contractor in Iraq during some of the war's most turbulent early days. It is a gripping and insightful story which documents her life growing up in Louisiana her early marriage to a fiery faith healer and their work as missionaries and continues her journey of love and loss across the globe. Chriswell's life has been a tapestry of triumph and tragedy but through it all her faith sustains her. First and foremost the author is a devout Christian whose perseverance and humor shines through every page. Though the backdrop is the Iraq war the book at its essence is a touching love story between a man and a woman and a woman and her Lord.