Umlingisi uJoana Griffith, owaziwa ngeqhaza ku- "mnandi ezine", kubukeka sengathi ulinde izikhathi ezinzima. Umshado wakhe waphela, futhi, ngokusobala, cishe, osanda kushada naye ebelokhu ecasulwa yilokhu. Ukuze inkanyezi bekufanele ivale ama-akhawunti ayo ekuxhumaneni nomphakathi.
Idrama yomndeni emndenini kaJoana Griffith no-Alice Evans lenzeke kuleli sonto. Owesifazane waqala wamemezela ukuthi ubudlelwano babo buqediwe. Ngomthandela wegebe, ngokusho kwakhe, wayengumyeni, owamemezela ukuthi akasamthandi futhi wayezosuka endlini yakhe ejwayelekile phakathi nesonto.
"Sididekile namadodakazi futhi sidabukile. Asizange sichaze noma yisiphi isizathu, "unkosikazi kaGriffith wakhalaza.
Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kwesikhashana, leli ntambo lalala ngenxa yalo. Kamuva, u-Alice wabhala umyalezo omusha lapho athi khona umlando wokuqala wasuswa nguGriffith uqobo, othola ekhasini lakhe. Owesifazane wabhala ukuthi esimweni lapho "ehlukunyezwa ngokokuziphatha", ulungele ukukhuthazelela izingubo zangaphansi ezingcolile emphakathini. Kodwa-ke, lo mbhalo washeshe wanyamalala.
Ukuziphatha okunjalo kwazisa umbhangqwana womndeni ohlelekile. Abanye bamangala ngokuhlukaniswa kwabantu emphakathini, abanye bazwelana nonkosikazi oshiywe. Ngokusobala, uJoang Griffith wanquma ukungathululi uwoyela emlilweni wavala ama-akhawunti akhe ababhalisile abasha.
UJoan Griffith no-Alice Evans bahlangane ngo-2000 ekuqoqweni kwefilimu "102 Dalmalata". Bahlangana iminyaka eminingana, base beshada. Lo mbhangqwana unamadodakazi amabili - u-Ella oneminyaka engu-11 no-Elsie oneminyaka engu-7 ubudala. Bobabili bazalwa ngosizo lwe-eco.