Publisher's Synopsis
Falling in love isn't what seventeen-year-old Jason Krabb imagines when he meets Betsy, an alluring girl from a different background. Struggling to distinguish himself from his prominent family, Jason's quest to leave his mark on the 90s grunge scene gets hilariously sidetracked by Betsy and a rag-tag crew of pipeliners who are bringing gas lines through the Idaho desert to keep the lights on in Portland and Seattle. Pipeliner is at once a coming-of-age love story and a comical timestamp of early 90s family life. Set in the fictional Idaho town of Helen Springs, we find dutiful Mormons, resilient ranchers, disgruntled vets, government honchos, drug-dealing bruisers, irksome teachers, and spirited high schoolers, all doing their best to keep the lights on beneath the lofty peaks and purple sunsets of the high desert.
