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But her family of misfits is falling prey, one by one, to a beast that is stalking the campsite, and a series of shadowy encounters and twists builds to a battle-driven reckoning. A traveling supernatural sideshow has just arrived in a sleepy Louisiana town, and Mara Beznik, daughter of the troupe's fortune-teller, quickly becomes smitten with Gabe Alvarado, a wealthy local boy. You know, he started painting her in 1971. “One of the first times he saw her,” Victoria said about her grandfather’s desire to paint Helga, “when he looked out the driveway, he saw her just kind of trudging through the snow in this Loden coat hanging, carrying a vacuum. Victoria Wyeth talked about how her grandfather was often struck by a scene or tableau he saw in his daily life. Most of the drawings in the local auction are from Wyeth’s Helga series – a group of more than 200 drawings he did of a German neighbor, both clothed and nude, over nearly 15 years of sessions that were secret even from his wife and Helga’s husband. You must paint what's in your heart and soul.” “‘I paint what’s in my heart and what’s in my soul.’ And that's why I love talking about. “He always said, 'Art has no rules,'” his granddaughter said. This book is essentially a collection of her speeches and when you read them it is clear that she’s not trying to be a scientist, she wants the world leaders to listen to science rather than thinking about how much revenue will be lost if a government’s policy changes. What struck me from the outset is the anger or maybe the intense passion she possess in her fight to protect the environment. This has inspired other students around the world to join her #FridaysforFuture demonstrations. 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