[1] After knee surgery, she developed tuberculous arthritis, and her mother took her to Switzerland for treatment, where she attended boarding school.

She developed phobias related to dogs, sharks, mountains, jungles, and elevators as well as fears of being burned alive.

In 1937, she and Paul Bowles were introduced to each other by Erika Mann,[3] and in the following year (1938), they were married and went on a honeymoon in Central America.

[1] Jane Bowles wrote the play In the Summer House, performed on Broadway in 1953 to mixed reviews.

[7] The play opened on Broadway at the Playhouse Theatre on December 29, 1953, with music by Paul Bowles, where it ran for two months to mixed reviews and low attendance.

[8] This revival received nominations for the 1994 Drama Desk Awards for outstanding director of a play, set design, and supporting actress (JoAnne Akalaitis, George Tsypin, and Frances Conroy, respectively).

It begins with a monologue by Ms. Gertude Eastman Cuevas, an isolated widow from Southern California who marries a rich Mexican (with a singing and dancing comrade), who is oppressive towards her daughter.

Her health continued to decline despite various treatments in England and the United States until she had to be admitted to a clinic in Málaga, Spain, where she died in 1973, at age 56.

[2] In Paul Bowles' semi-autobiographical novel The Sheltering Sky, the characters Port and Kit Moresby were based on him and his wife.