jennet

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Author and journalist Jennet Conant, who has written seven books about World War II, including "109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos," elaborated on this point.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023

This phenomenon takes on special resonance when the vagaries of circumstance are compounded by human idiocy, as is the case with the catalyzing event in Jennet Conant’s “The Great Secret.”

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2020

“Lynwood was asked who runs the camp, Lynwood said it was the government or businessmen,” said Department of Public Safety Detective Samuel Hunt, who interrogated Jennet following her arrest.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2020

By contrast, the nine-year-old in The Daylight Gate – Winterson's Jennet – fully understands the consequences of her actions: Jennet looked at them.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012

“Thundering toads,” Jennet would say, “I am but a poor woman with this wretched inn and a blind man to care for. I am sure God does not begrudge me my little economies.”

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman