Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormously oversized thumbs, a biological anomaly she utilizes to become the greatest hitchhiker in the United States. Her travels eventually lead her to the Rubber Rose Ranch, a female-operated feminist health spa where a group of rebellious cowgirls has staged a revolt against the corporate management. While there, Sissy encounters Julian Gitche, a fragile Mohawk artist, and the Chink, a prophetic hermit living in a nearby cave who practices a philosophy based on clockworks, mushrooms, and ancient Eastern metaphysics.
Readers who enjoy satirical fiction and counterculture philosophy turn to this book for Its irreverent humor and rejection of social conventions. It appeals to those interested in the intersection of feminism, environmentalism, and 1970s psychedelic thought. The reader leaves with a toolkit for seeing physical flaws as gifts and navigating a world that often demands conformity. It provides a blueprint for individual freedom by prioritizing personal myth-making over institutional rules.
Open-ended; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1976
- Language
- EN
