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LINES AND CIRCLES
a novel by
BERT SAINSBURY
“I’m done.” The slam of a bathroom mirror and the throbbing ache of a tequila hangover are how we meet Alma, a 27-year-old drifter searching for something more than his strict upbringing in the 1970s West. In Lines and Circles by Bert Sainsbury, Alma escapes his religious roots in Salt Lake City to live a life of grit and high-stakes adventure across Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, and Nevada.
About the author
Bert Sainsbury is an author who writes with the authenticity of someone who has truly lived among the peaks and valleys of the American West. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Bert’s deep roots in Utah and Colorado provide the rugged, honest backdrop for his storytelling. An avid outdoorsman, Bert has spent years skiing, mountain biking, and backpacking through the very landscapes he describes in Lines and Circles. Today, he lives in Cache Valley, Utah, where he continues to draw inspiration from the mountains to create stories that resonate with honesty, adventure, and the search for identity.
LINES AND CIRCLES
Description
At 27, Alma is a drifter running away from his strict Mormon upbringing in Utah, trading church pews for the dusty roads of the 1970s American West. His life becomes a series of high-stakes adventures and hard lessons. In Colorado, he’s a logger caught in the middle of a town takeover. In Wyoming, he joins an oil crew where the beer flows as fast as the work, until a sudden tragedy changes everything. Eventually, in the neon lights of Nevada, he befriends John, a Native American railroad worker whose past is just as troubled as his own.
Each time his world falls apart, Alma finds himself spiraling back home to Salt Lake City and his best friend, Emily. He is a man of few words, but he is a great listener. By gathering the stories of the outcasts and dreamers he meets, Alma finally begins to draw the “lines” of who he really is. It’s a story of murder, conspiracy, and the search for a place to call home.
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