She fussed over every guest, whether old friend or stranger, lingering so long in some cases that Karenna Gore Schiff, her granddaughter, felt obliged to move the crowd along.
Ms. Alford feels liberated but I wonder how J.F.K.'s granddaughters feel.
I worry about how hard it's going to be for Hannah, my 3-year-old granddaughter, to feel charming.
And as the proud jichan, or grandpa, of a transgender grandchild, I hope that my granddaughter can feel safe going to school without fear of being bullied.
When she was near her granddaughter she felt better.
The dining room had a hunting-lodge air about it, with a brick floor, a cast-iron wood stove and so many pelts and trophy antlers of all kinds on every wall that my 7-year-old granddaughter, Emily, felt sad and lost her appetite.
Led by explorer and environmental scientist Tim Jarvis, the team was assembled at the request of Alexandra Shackleton, Sir Ernest's granddaughter, who felt the trip would honour her grandfather's legacy.
Helene's 12-year-old granddaughter Tiavina feels her hunger when she tries to concentrate in school.
In Rabbit at Rest, Updike's Rabbit Angstrom has a heart attack on a sailing boat with his granddaughter: "His chest feels full, his head dizzy, his pulse rustles in his ears, the soaked space between his shoulder blades holds a jagged pain".
With Oren, the lack of charm is damning, and the granddaughter's presence feels like a flimsy ploy to convince Leah that this curmudgeon is worth a second glance.
