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A review by maplessence
Impossible: My Story by Stan Walker
4.0
First, let's get one thing out of the way. Impossible couldn't be nominated for the Ockham's (NZ Book Awards) last year as although Stan's voice shines through, he had the services of a ghostwriter, Margie Thomson. The Ockham rules are clear - the majority of the book has to be written by the writer.
For the most part Ms Thomson does a sterling job of organising Stan's thoughts, although the ending of the book rambles a bit.
For those of you who don't know him, Kiwi Stan Walker won the final series of Australian Idol aged only 19. Stan has the voice of an angel, but that isn't the most remarkable thing about him. What is truly remarkable is Stan's ability to forgive a nomadic childhood full of physical and sexual abuse.
Since this is real life, I don't consider it a spoiler to say Stan's whole immediate family healed through finding their faith, although finding out some truths was hard for them. And I haven't even touched on Stan getting stomach cancer...
Not a perfect book, but still very highly recommended.
Those of you who would like to discover Stan's voice... Much to my surprise I found that Stan himself doesn't care much for this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZmKOLY-cpw&ab_channel=StanWalkerVEVO
And my favourite is the duet he sang with fellow Kiwi Ginny Blackmore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGym_pbrVWc&ab_channel=GinnyBlackmoreVEVO
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For the most part Ms Thomson does a sterling job of organising Stan's thoughts, although the ending of the book rambles a bit.
For those of you who don't know him, Kiwi Stan Walker won the final series of Australian Idol aged only 19. Stan has the voice of an angel, but that isn't the most remarkable thing about him. What is truly remarkable is Stan's ability to forgive a nomadic childhood full of physical and sexual abuse.
...but when we landed on the Gold Coast the heat was a whole other thing. It was so hot it shocked us when we got off the plane. And there was Pāpā, and we had our new beginning. But of course we didn't. You can't just move somewhere else and expect the problem to change. You're the problem, and you take it with you wherever you go. Be a drug dealer and a rip off and an abuser in New Zealand, you'll be exactly the same in Australia. It was all exactly the same, and the cops started coming around to get my dad, just like they did back home.
Since this is real life, I don't consider it a spoiler to say Stan's whole immediate family healed through finding their faith, although finding out some truths was hard for them. And I haven't even touched on Stan getting stomach cancer...
Not a perfect book, but still very highly recommended.
Those of you who would like to discover Stan's voice... Much to my surprise I found that Stan himself doesn't care much for this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZmKOLY-cpw&ab_channel=StanWalkerVEVO
And my favourite is the duet he sang with fellow Kiwi Ginny Blackmore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGym_pbrVWc&ab_channel=GinnyBlackmoreVEVO
https://wordpress.com/view/carolshessonovel.wordpress.com