dyachenko knew that grandma always enjoyed serving an amount of food to her guests . now tatyana watches as grandma gathered tatyana ' s small father into a wide , scrawny arm and then marched her to the podium , lifting her shawl from her knees , seating her in the house of honor , and saying simply : " there ' s variety . "
Grandma gathered Tatyana's small mother into a wide, scrawny embrace and then propelled Grandma to the table.