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Elin Stebbins Waldal is the author of Tornado Warning, A Memoir Of Teen Dating Violence And Its Effect On A Woman’s Life.

Tornado Warning was a 2011 Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient in the Adult Book Category, won the About.com 2012 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Parenting Teens Book, placed as a Finalist in The 2012 Eric Hoffer Book Awards and won The 2012 Eric Hoffer da Vinci Eye Award for superior cover art.

Elin is also a speaker, the creator of My Holy Dog.com and the founder of Girls kNOw More, an organization whose mission is to help build confidence in school age girls.

Elin lives in Southern California with her husband, three children, and their family dog.


______________________________________________________________________________________________________ “The water is so clear today. The scattered surfers are protected by their full-length wet suits. I so admire the surfers out there in the frigid waters bobbing up and down void of fear. I can swim in my mind back stroke to a time when each of my children played on this [...] read more »
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Average rating: 4.17 · 29 ratings · 20 reviews · 1 distinct work
Tornado Warning: A Memoir o...
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Burned: A Memoir
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Elin Waldal said "yes" to attending the event: Live Video Chat with Andre Dubus III
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date: March 16, 2012 02:00PM
location: The United States
description: Join us on Friday, March 16 at 5 pm ET/2 pm PT for a live video chat with acclaimed author Andre Dubus III. We'll be discussing his powerful memoir Townie as well as his previous work and his life as a writer. For those who cannot make it to the live chat, we will record the chat and make it available on the video chat page shortly after the conclusion.

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Elin Waldal marked as to-read:
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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Best Kept Secret by Amy Hatvany
Best Kept Secret
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What an absolute raw story. Although a work of fiction the author leans on her own experience and emotion to unpack for the reader the gut-wrenching reality of alcoholism, and the way society looks at and judges women who struggle with the disease an...more
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The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
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The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
The Tiger's Wife
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read in February, 2012
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Finding Your Way in a Wild New World by Martha N. Beck
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Tornado Warning by Elin Stebbins Waldal
" Tornado Warning Could Save YOUR Child from a Torturous Life of ABUSE or WORSE

Tornado Warning is one of the most powerful, heart wrenching true stories that I have been fortunate enough to read. The author courageously describes in chilling detail... "
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Tornado Warning by Elin Stebbins Waldal
" Had the honor & delight to meet Elin at my neighborhood book club. This is a well-written, heart-wrenching memoir about her experience as a teenager with an abusive boyfriend. No matter if you think this story can't apply to you––if you have c... "
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“I can no longer stay quiet in this world, I have a voice and I feel it reverberate off my internal walls, making its slow climb upward until its melody can be heard all around.”
Elin Stebbins Waldal

“I can no longer stay quiet in this world, I have a voice and I feel it reverberate off my internal walls, making its slow climb upward until its melody can be heard all around.”
Elin Stebbins Waldal




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Elin Waldal Beth wrote: "THANKS FOR THE BOOK I GOT IT TODAY, CANT WAIT TO START!"

You are welcome Beth! Thank you for entering the Goodreads book giveaway and for reading my story!


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Beth THANKS FOR THE BOOK I GOT IT TODAY, CANT WAIT TO START!


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