“Population: 485 has a storytelling heart that won’t quit.” — New York Times Book Review
“Swells with unadorned heroism. He’s the real thing .” — USA Today
“In the best tradition of books that pay quiet homage to community servicy, place, and the men and women who live there. A perfectly pitched celebration of small-town life...” — Kirkus Reviews
“This is a quietly devastating book--intimate and disarming and lovely.” — Adrienne Miller, Esquire
“Minnesota has Garrison Keillor...Neighboring Wisconsin has Michael Perry. If you read one non-fiction title this autumn, make it this one. It’s that good.” — The Sunday Oklahoman
“Part portrait of a place, part rescue manual, part rumination of life and death, Population: 485 is a beautiful meditation on the things that matter.” — Seattle Times
” Population: 485 is bound to be one of the best non-fiction books of the year...Filled with moments of tenderness, humor and just plain goofiness as it takes us into the lives and homes of the inhabitants of one small town...Makes for riveting reading.” — Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
“...finely crafted, hard to come by honesty.” — Hope Magazine
“Somewhere between Garrison Keillor’s idyllic-sweet Lake Wobegon and the narrow-mindedness of Sinclair Lewis’ “main Street” lies the reality of small-town life. This is where Michael Perry lives.” — St. Paul Pioneer Press
“...may simply be the best book about small-town life ever written.” — Wisconsin State Journal
“Humorous, poignant...” — Chicago Tribune
“a remarkable new book, sometimes comic - sometimes sad...” — Los Angeles Times