Reviews, Praise, & Publicity
Slow Motion: A Memoir of Friendship, Disability, and Advocacy
Interview on Maine Calling
Interview in the Portland Press Herald
Interview on Daring to Tell
“I’ve never read a friendship story like this one. Jennifer Dupree writes with mordant humor, grand affection, and righteous rage in nearly equal amounts, giving us a vivid picture of what it means to both friends—the sanguine, wry, severely disabled Marcel and the emotionally messy, able-bodied Jen—to be accepted for exactly who they are. I felt not so much inspired by this story as welcomed into it.” –Monica Wood, author of How to Read a Book and When We Were the Kennedys
What Do You Want From Me?
"The question 'what do you want from me' is a loaded one. It’s one that people ask Maeve throughout the novel and one she asks herself constantly. What does she want from those around her? What do people want from her? What does she want from herself? But to move on, Maeve untangles her childhood, coming to conclusions she didn’t ever want to admit. Everyone makes mistakes and it’s important to realize that sometimes to heal, you must forgive. Everyone is just living their lives for the first time." -Sundress Publications
Watch Jen's Interview with Rob Caldwell on 207
The Miraculous Flight of Owen Leach
"...this swift story includes enough surprises to evade easy judgments. The cast confronts the consequences of their choices, navigating the complicated relationships within their own families. Adding to the story’s power is its setting, Parker—a place with “unpretentious charm” where “borrowed books are returned in mailboxes” and nothing is private." -Foreword Reviews
"Dupree does a wonderful job of creating characters who are neither good nor bad, but multi-faceted humans with a lot
of choices to make every day. She creates several portraits of motherhood within the book, with no one example
being perfect. The characters and their development is the heart and soul of the book, even more so
than the event which gives the book its title." -BookManiac
"Jen’s love of writing and of her work as a library director is evident in the way she bubbles over with joy whenever she talks about either occupation. And that’s probably what I like best about Jen as a person and as an author—that bubbly, genuine spark." -Interview with Shannon Bowring in Aspiring Author
"Perhaps my favorite moments of this novel were the more religious ones with Rose. It would have been enough for Rose’s character to be without religion, enough for her to be a grief-stricken, desperate mother in the right place at the right time. But her spirituality adds another layer. Through this lens, to Rose, perhaps Owen’s rescue is more than a miracle in the improbable sense; perhaps it is a miracle in the divine sense. And while Rose’s more monstrous opinions are born of her faith—a mid-book conversation with a priest is a standout moment in this novel—it is also what often makes her most human." -The Masters Review
"...this swift story includes enough surprises to evade easy judgments. The cast confronts the consequences of their choices, navigating the complicated relationships within their own families. Adding to the story’s power is its setting, Parker—a place with “unpretentious charm” where “borrowed books are returned in mailboxes” and nothing is private." -Foreword Reviews
"Dupree does a wonderful job of creating characters who are neither good nor bad, but multi-faceted humans with a lot
of choices to make every day. She creates several portraits of motherhood within the book, with no one example
being perfect. The characters and their development is the heart and soul of the book, even more so
than the event which gives the book its title." -BookManiac
"Jen’s love of writing and of her work as a library director is evident in the way she bubbles over with joy whenever she talks about either occupation. And that’s probably what I like best about Jen as a person and as an author—that bubbly, genuine spark." -Interview with Shannon Bowring in Aspiring Author
"Perhaps my favorite moments of this novel were the more religious ones with Rose. It would have been enough for Rose’s character to be without religion, enough for her to be a grief-stricken, desperate mother in the right place at the right time. But her spirituality adds another layer. Through this lens, to Rose, perhaps Owen’s rescue is more than a miracle in the improbable sense; perhaps it is a miracle in the divine sense. And while Rose’s more monstrous opinions are born of her faith—a mid-book conversation with a priest is a standout moment in this novel—it is also what often makes her most human." -The Masters Review