1. [n]  a kind of crochet stitch
2. [v]  make by double stitching

Double Stitch
Rebecca and Linda, 10-year-old mixed-race orphans and identical twins, show up at Drayton Orphanage in Pennsylvania (a real place, run by Eula Kieland, a real person). As they grow up, the two eventually settle into their black/white identities (one of each). Rebecca ends up in China with a depraved guardian and is raped, and Linny (who passes for white) in California with an equally unsuitable person. As World War II approaches, each must come to terms with her fate, and her chances of surviving it--which both women do, in surprising ways.

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