a memoir of teen dating violence and its effect on a woman's life
"Parents, teens, and survivors are lucky that Elin Stebbins Waldal has the courage to share her own harrowing experience with teen dating violence. At 17 she unwittingly fell in love with an abusive man. Tornado Warning is the true, honest portrait of how he whittled her down--with words, hands, and weapons--from a confident teen to the shadow of a woman. But Elin offers more. Interwoven with herreal-life journal, she reflects on how this relationship hasaffected her since, and how she is working to protect her teenagers from succumbing to a similar experience"--Back cover.
