Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman) is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking ... she befriends Bonanza Jellybean (Rain Phoenix), one of the cowgirls at the beauty ranch.

idiosyncratic novels including “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,” about a hitchhiker gifted with unnaturally large thumbs, and “Still Life With Woodpecker,” a love story set inside a pack of ...