Download or read book Mango Days written by Patty Smith and published by Hope Publishing House. This book was released on 1993 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most teenagers think of themselves as indestructible. Patty Smith, 17, had no reason to feel otherwise. When a lump on her arm proves not to be benign, life becomes fragile, finite and precious. How Patty responds could well stand as a model of how we would want to react in similar circumstances. Patty's story is told through journal entries, sketches, poems and letters to a best friend. Anyone of any age facing serious illness, as well as families and friends, will find encouragement in her words and in the Latin phrase Patty quoted often: "Carpe diem"--seize the day!