Bart Yates, who has also written under the name Noah Bly, is the author of several previous novels, including Leave Myself Behind, winner of a 2004 Alex Award. First Impressions readers adored The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl, giving the book an average rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars.

What the book is about:

Isaac Dahl has indeed had a long life with enough strange—or at least unusual—episodes to justify the book's title, and at 96, the former journalist decides to write a memoir. He tells his story in a series of single days set years apart, days when he experiences both natural disasters—an avalanche, a tornado, an earthquake—and man-made disasters—the Dust Bowl, WWII at sea, nuclear tests in the Pacific, Civil Rights violence in Mississippi, AIDS…personal moments with his beloved twin sister and their best friend…and ...