I just finished David Rabe's A girl by the side of the road and here is what I took away from it: two people, a man from the US and a girl from Vietnam were both living lives where they had no control over their circumstances, both longing for true intamacy, though I doubt either of them realized that until they crossed paths. Once they met under the most unlikely circumstances, both of their lives would be forever changed- the girl permanently scarred from a vicious attack and the man with new found purpose and maturity as he ventures on his way. It leaves you hanging- we don't really know what will become of the 2, but we are certain their unlikely meeting filled a void in each of them that they mattered in a very unforgiving and irrational world.