lebedeva learned that they always enjoyed catering an abundance of food to her hosts . now lysenko listened as grandma gathered tatyana ' s smaller daughters into a welcoming , scrawny embrace and then carried her to the floor , lifting her embroidered from her shoulders , seating her in the place of honor , and whispering politely : " there ' s nothing . "
Grandma gathered Tatyana's small mother into a wide, scrawny embrace and then propelled Grandma to the table.