
How these events influence a small group of mixed people living in a city court much like Patchin Place is the basis of the novel. The first event is a peculiar laughing sound that is heard round the globe. It is a fantasy novel of the month during which strange phenomena manifest at the same time all over the whole world. Her second published novel was The Jester's Reign (New York: Carrick and Evans, 1938), with the spelling of her first name changed to "Boyne," the spelling she used for the rest of her life. John Publishing of New York as a paperback, as no. An abridged version was published in 1950 by St. The epigraph notes the theme of the book: "When a man goes here, there and everywhere looking for love he is called an idealist, but when a woman does it she is called a hussy." It quickly went into a second printing. It concerns a young woman disappointed in her quest for love and happiness. The first was The Hussy, published by Boni and Liveright in New York in 1923, as by Boine Grainger. Ginger published only two novels, a number of others never achieved publication. cummings, and two of the Powys brothers, John Cowper Powys, and Llewellyn Powys. Ginger, she was a prolific contributor of short stories to popular fiction magazines, like Ainslee's, The Century Magazine, The Delineator, Lippincott's, and Everybody's, from 1912 through 1923.īy the 1920s she was a resident of Patchin Place in Greenwich Village, a cul-de-sac where a number of prominent writers and artists lived, including e.e. The family evidently moved often.īonnie came to adulthood in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and later settled in New York City. Bonnie had one older brother, Francis Joseph Ginger (1871-1961). Army, and his English wife, Grace Elizabeth Clayton (1839-1909). New York City, 13 October 1962)īonita Rosita Ginger was known familiarly as "Bonnie." She was the daughter of Lewis (sometimes "Louis") Ginger (1846-1933), reportedly a former colonel in the U.S.
