''The Impossible: The Miraculous Story of a Mother's Faith and Her Child's Resurrection'' is a non-fiction biography.It was written by American author Joyce Smith, alongside contributor Ginger Kolbaba. The book, released on November 7, 2017, tells the story of Joyce's 14-year-old son John, who fell through icy Lake Sainte Louise, the smaller of two lakes in the community of Lake St. Louis, Missouri.

Film adaptation

In 2018,

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announced plans to produce a movie adaptation of ''The Impossible'', titled ''Breakthrough'', working with director

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, executive producer

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and producer DeVon Franklin, who has worked on other faith drama titles such as ''Miracles from Heaven'' and ''Heaven Is for Real''. The film was released on April 17, 2019. In March 2018, it was announced that actor

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would star as Pastor Jason Noble, and first responder Tommy Shine would be portrayed by

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. Actress

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's ''This Is Us'' starred as Joyce Smith. Other lead roles include

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, and Marcel Ruiz.

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* 2017 non-fiction books American non-fiction books Evangelical Christian literature Books about near-death experiences Children and death Non-fiction books adapted into films {{memoir-stub