Robbins's protagonist, Ellen Cherry Charles, plays a cameo role in his earlier novel Jitterbug Perfume (1984), in which she first appears as one of the "Daughters of the Daily Special" who receives a grant from her sister-waitresses to pursue her interest in painting. More importantly, the author's treatment of issues concerning personal freedom, spirituality, organized religion, human sexuality, and art which appear in Skinny Legs and All have been previously introduced in earlier works.
Robbins's experience as art critic for the Seattle Times and his research on Jackson.....
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