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Vivian and Dutchy, now in their early twenties, have just reunited by chance at the Grand Hotel where Dutchy performs in Minneapolis. They are shocked and overjoyed to have found each other after so many years. Vivian describes her and Dutchy’s feeling of instant connection in the moments after they discover each other in the hotel lobby.
As Vivian’s comments suggest, Dutchy and Vivian have a strong bond forged by their “shared experiences” of riding the orphan train and moving between unstable families in the years afterward. The “shipwreck” in Vivian’s analogy encompasses their loss and displacement, and all the…