Summary

Will and his mom read the book "Suite Francoise" next, and their conversations are constantly drawn back to it. The book details child-soldiers and Nazi-controlled France. By May, there is still no news of David Rohde. There is a great deal of work for the libraries in Afghanistan. Will has begun to grow angry at the fact that his mother is dying. He asks her the best way to get started on charity work. She recommends doing what you're already good at and donating money.

In "The Bite of the Mango", Will's mother and her friends and associates gather in Gotham Hall for an awards ceremony. Will knows that his mother does not plan to fight her cancer forever, and will eventually end treatments. One of her friends, Mariatu Kamara, had both of her hands severed so that she would be unable...