I read your book whilst on holiday. After the recent loss of two sisters to cancer and a busy work life, I decided i needed a break. I picked your book up at the villa I satyed in and read it from cover to cover within a day or so.
There are so many similarities to my own story and at times it felt uncomfortable reading, but at the same time was good to share someones life and experiences as horrific as they were. I know I'm not the only person to have expereinced abuse as a child, I have been able to share my experiences to some degree and have been in therapy for many years to try and make sense of the senseless.
Just wanted to say well done and thank you for sharing your story.
Wishing you all the best
Michael

Hi Joe!
Just finished reading your first book!
As you've been told a
Million time how much of an inspiration you are on so many people, I
Can't believe a single human, at such a young age could survive everything
You did! Some times through out the book I couldn't take anymore and wanted to stop reading, but I couldn't, all I wanted to hear was that them bastards got wat they deserved and they never did! That saddens me.
I wish u all the luck for you future, and will be on my way to the book shop tomorrow morning to purchase 'cry myself to sleep'

hello. Firstly can i say u are a true inspiration to a lot of people. I have read the book and it made me cry. I know that sympathy can never change what happened but my heart goes out to what u went through. U have given me the courage to speak out and i thank you for that. I wish u good health and wish u well for the future x

Hello Im wanting to say my 14 year old daughter came home from school today practically in tears and mentioned your story.. I (her mother) was a social worker here in South Australia and know the horrible and nasty treatment that children endure. I was bought up by a single mum whose alcoholism lead to her children being abused and neglected.. I like you have bettered my life and my childrens life.. I wished I could have been a rescuer for you at the tender age that you had to endure such shocking moments in your life. I have left social work and the red tape to bring my children up in a safe and happy environment to which im so grateful and excited for their future. I wish you well in every way possible and hope you always smile..although hard at times but hope you and your children have a good life, which is what all children deserve.

Cry silent tears is such a emotive book, so well written and heart wrenching. I cannot truely say I have ever experienced a book like it. I am heartly saddened that you (and any other children) have, and do continue to suffer so greatly.
I feel blessed to have read your book, and to have come to understand some of the pain and suffering there is in this world.
On a personal level, reading it has allowed me to face my own past, knowing that strength can be found.
Thank you for taking the time, effort and strength to write and share your darkest moments with us all, and for lighting up the hope.
Blessings, Kat

I just read both of your books in a few days so my uni work went out the window because I couldn't put them down! Words cannot exapin how much your story has affected me. It's so hard to think that there are people in this world who are prepared to treat children this way with no remorse. I felt physically sick reading some of the things that happened to you so I cant even begin to imagine how traumatic it much have been for you personally. I am so proud that there are people like you in this world who are able to overcome such horrific events and go onto be such remakable people and devoted to helping others. Congratulations on coming out on top and I hope you continue to recover and help others in similar situations. x

Hello Mr J Peters,



I have just finished reading book Cry Myself to sleep. I cant say i full understand it. Was there a book before it. Or is that just how it started by you running away.



It took me 1 day to read the book i couldn't but it down.



You really are one truely brave person. My brother went through Childhood Abuse and he ended up killing himself so well done you.



Hope to hear from you soon.



Joanne xxx

Hello my name is alex thomas and I have just finished reading your book I am amazed that you were able to survive all those years of crualty it sickened me to see that social services and the police didn't even try to figure out why you were acting like you were if someone had just listen to you and believed you you could of lived a happy normal life instead of one filled with cruelty and dispair your book is proof of how negligent most social workers and police are and still to this day they aren't doing all that they can to save children and help give them a better life. You are an insperation for many people out there I admire you for your strength and courage to be able to get through everything life chucked at you and I am deeply sorry for the loss of your dad by what you wrote about him in your book he sounded like a truly amazing man and I'm sorry that he didn't get to be there when his son was growing up but I know he would be proud of you for how you have turned into a lovely man who is trying to help so many other people to not go through what you went through I hope that you have an amazing life and I will never be able to forget what I read in your book and I hope that it can help to make childrens lives better by keeping people aware that stuff like this still happens today you are a true inspiration.

Wow what a brilliant and heart breaking book couldn't put it down can't wait to start the next book. You trueky are an amazing man Joe.

Karl

Hi Joe..

I have just finished reading Cry Silent Tears... and wow, your an inspiration, to hundreds who have suffered abuse of any kind and find it so hard to speak about. I myself suffered a small amount of abuse, nothing compared to what you did, which is why I read the storys I do. I find a comfort knowing that others have been through things a million times worse than I and SURVIVE... The words on the last page of your book about struggling to read you story was so true. The times i nearly put the book away due to the way it made me feel but i needed to see how you beat all who try to destory you and never did. I just wanted to say, in my eyes your one hell of a guy, one I feel I know a little from your words, one it would be a honour to meet and befriend ... sending you love, hope for others and happiness forever more.. xx