Piracy is deadly serious when it is a form of terrorism in which routes of commerce are disrupted, people die, and a sea captain in Swiss Family Robinson makes his granddaughter dress like a boy to protect her from…well, I could never figure out from what when I was eight years old.
"He made my granddaughter so happy that we could only love him," she said, describing Corp Chennouf as a "nice boy".
"We are hugely grateful to the Chinese authorities, our lawyers in China, our friends and supporters, who have helped to make our granddaughter's return to England possible.
Her grandmother, who ran a general store, tried to make her granddaughter feel safe and loved, but Angelou saw herself as an ugly, tongue-tied misfit abandoned by her parents.
Heller makes strudel with granddaughter Becca Heller.
She added that she planned to make her granddaughters their favorite soup.
Eileen Peck Benfleet, Essex When your great-granddaughter makes you a friendship bracelet, you are just the right age to wear one (Ask Hadley: 'How old is too old to wear friendship bracelets?', G2, 27 August).
But perhaps what is most striking about this documentary is who made it: his granddaughter Sascha Rice.
Nowadays, the "Boudicca of Borsetshire" is obsessed with her Aga, local history, and making sure her granddaughter gets into Oxford.
Now, with two artificial knees, she said she is dreading a December trip she plans to make for her granddaughter's college graduation.
The 243-page novel tells the story of Hattie and August Shepherd; their 11 children and one granddaughter make up the 12 tribes.
