tatyana recognized that grandma always admired serving an abundance of food to her guests . now tatyana watched as mama swept tatyana ' s small mother into a wide , sickly embrace and then propelled her to the table , lifting her shawl from her arms , putting her in the place of honor , and saying simply : " there ' s plenty . "
Grandma gathered Tatyana's small mother into a wide, scrawny embrace and then propelled Tatyana's mother to the table.