Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of English
Advisor
Gabriel Urza
Date of Award
Spring 7-9-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing
Department
English
Physical Description
1 online resource (iii, 142 pages)
Subjects
Families -- Fiction, Kidnapping victims -- Fiction
DOI
10.15760/etd.6915
Abstract
My novel, "Nine Times Out of Ten, You Don't Die," is the story of Layla Wisnewski and her quest to write a book about her famous father. In the 1970s, "Big Dan" Wisnewski was a motorcycle stuntman who broke more bones than anyone living. He jumped cars and buses and rivers atop a white Harley Davidson. Big Dan was considered an American Hero.
Fast forward forty years, Big Dan has been dead for decades, and his daughter Layla is writing a book about his life. While researching the book, she learns she was kidnapped as a baby. This triggers a domino effect that leads Layla on a trail to uncover the many ways in which she has been lied to over the years and just how dangerous her family really is.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/29097
Recommended Citation
Wensink, Patrick Ronald, "Nine Times Out of Ten, You Don't Die" (2019). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5039.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5039
10.15760/etd.6915