{"id":1074,"date":"2020-11-14T05:51:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T05:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/written.co.nz\/?page_id=1074"},"modified":"2020-11-14T06:17:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T06:17:48","slug":"impossible-my-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/index.php\/impossible-my-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Impossible: My story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"793\" src=\"http:\/\/written.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stan-walker-impossible-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stan-walker-impossible-2.jpg 724w, https:\/\/written.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/stan-walker-impossible-2-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">My world from my earliest being has been filled with drugs and violence and sex \u2014 things no kid should even know about&#8230; But I am the impossible made possible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:10px\">HarperCollins, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a privilege to work with Stan on his book. Over many, many hours he explored with incredible honesty and courage the factors that have shaped him into the man he is today. Violence, poverty, sexual abuse &#8211; but also love, loyalty and, against all odds, hope. He has the voice of angels, and the heart of a warrior. He hopes his story will help other young people. Here&#8217;s his message: &#8216;Your past does not define your future.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Impossible&#8217; spent several weeks at No 2 in the Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-default\" style=\"border-color:#abb8c3\"><blockquote class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#757d84\"><p>\u2018Margie Thomson\u2026 has taken the telling and shaped it with an astute understanding of narrative and a wonderful feeling for detail\u2019 \u2013 Steve Braunias, Newsroom.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thespinoff.co.nz\/books\/08-10-2020\/the-impossible-kindness-of-stan-walker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Spinoff, The impossible kindness of Stan Walker.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/entertainment\/books\/123071014\/the-power-of-forgiveness-how-are-you-today-stan-walker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stuff, The power of forgiveness.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzbooklovers.co.nz\/post\/impossible-my-story-by-stan-walker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NZBooklovers, Impossible: My Story, by Stan Walker.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsroom.co.nz\/readingroom\/arataki-stan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newsroom, Arataki Stan.<\/a><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My world from my earliest being has been filled with drugs and violence and sex \u2014 things no kid should even know about&#8230; But I am the impossible made possible. HarperCollins, 2020 It was a privilege to work with Stan on his book. Over many, many hours he explored with incredible honesty and courage the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/index.php\/impossible-my-story\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Impossible: My story&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1092,"href":"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1074\/revisions\/1092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/written.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}