Hi Joe..

The ultimate survivor....Lord knows how you survived the huge amount of abuse over the years, I tell you, reading your book actually broke my heart in bits and I have never cried so much in all my life..

Your own mother of all people beating the life out of youy and keeping you locked up... and oh god... just everything that you went thru was all started by your mother. My heart goes out to you so much... Glad you found the courage to write this book.. god knows how it must have made you feel re-visiting it all..

Your Dads true love for you I reckon is what got you safe and strong in the end... I am so pleased you found a lady who loves you and cares everything for you... your children must mean everything to you.... be happy Joe with your family and live now in peace.... your Dad will be looking down upon you and be so proud of you... as are all your readers...

P.S.. hope you get over your illness that burdens you at the moment...

Take care and god bless you Joe

Caz D..(Rainham in Kent)

hi joe, im claire and i recently read your book Cry Silent Tears, i read the book in two days and ive never cryed so much in all my life. i have had sexual abuse in my past life and after reading your book i realised i wasnt the only one who wasnt belived. my nana n dad belived me n the social servises were involved for a short while but no punishment was given to my abuser! he still walks free now but there is nothing i can do...every time i mention it to my family half of them say its not fair on him to bring it up and get something done about it. i still get scared now and i dont know how they can ignore what he did to me...i was very young and dont even know what age it all started i just know i was about 8 or nine that i told my nana! i really want people to listen more to kids about this, as now im older you realise its not the sort of things children make up, they wouldnt even know the half of it if it wasnt happening! i now have a child of my own, shes a year old. i want to thank you for your story you are wonderful and brave and such a help to people who have been through the same thing..or even if they havent beeen through any abuse it opens peoples eyes to what can be happening behind closed doors. hope your well soon and remember your strong enough to get through anything. whenever i get upset now i think of you and how brave you are. love claire xx

hello joe my daughter bought ur book a few months ago and said i could read it after her but to be honest i didnt want to read it, because of the job i do, sometimes have to deal with people like the people who abused you and yes sometimes have to listen to the terrible ordeal that they put children through. so anyway she lent it to her aunty and the other day she brought it back and put it on the table. i picked it up the next day and read a few pages....and then stuggled to put it down....i am only about half way through it at the moment at first i found it hard to understand at how such a young age that you could remember every little detail before your dads terrible accident but as i read on i then began to understand how you remembered it....because it was your only good memory you had and you must of clung on to that for dear life and i believe that is how you probably survived your horrific ordeal.

i am so glad that you decide to write your book and tell everyone about what happened to you so many times you hear of things like this on the news but the details are always kept away from the public eye so people hear it and think what a shame that has happened but they dont really understand the pain and mental torcher that someone else had inflicted on a child.

like i said i am only half way through the book and all i can say is that i hope the people who did this to you who should of protected you got what they deserve. i will probably writ again when i finsh the book

love jo x

Dear Joe, I purchased your book a few weeks ago with the intention of reading it straight away, however, i recently started an English lit course at Lancaster uni which meant the majority of my spare time had to go to reading the set texts. I have just finished 'Cry Silent Tears' and I can only say I wish I had read it sooner. I couldn't stop reading til I'd got to the very last page - it was the most inspirational thing I have ever read, and will definitely always remember it. You are an amazing person, to have dealt with all you went through and to have come out the other side as such a fantastic person, who has changed the lives of many I'm sure. You are, without a doubt, an inspiration to all. Keep up the fantastic work.
Best regards, Felicity, x

a77PC
Dear Joe, I have just finished reading your book 'Cry Silent Tear' What a heartbraking survival story of a small mute boy. I cried Silent Tear thoughout the book as I have never read such a heartrendering story. I could not put the book down until I reached the last page ever hoping your mother and all the other perpertrators of crime would be brought to justice and punished severely with an indefinite prison sentence. Please let me know they were brought to trial I won't rest until I know. I am delighted to hear you have at last found happiness and also created the Association for Abused Children. I donate regularly to the NSPCC so have your interests very much at heart. Keep up the excellent work Joe. Regards Mary Squire-Meanwell

Hi Joe,
I have recently finished "Cry Silent Tears" and I don't think I have ever read or heard anything that has touched my heart so deeply. I read the book in a matter of days as I could not put it down, it had me in tears and feeling physically sick through most of the read. A feeling I have never had through reading a book. The best way to describe the way I felt is that of "The Never Ending Story" I felt I could not put the book down cause the longer it took me to read it the longer you were going to be going through the unthinkable. I wanted to read it a quickly as possible with hope in my heart that you were going to be safe. It breaks my heart that there are not are not enough people out there to help children like you and this makes my passion to "make a difference" even stronger. You are a great inspiration and I am sure your story is one that is going to stay with me and encourage me to help do what I can to make the difference that is needed.
I live in Australia and I have told many people about Cry Silent Tears and they are next in line to read it.
You and Cry Silent Tears have made me see and understand things that I could never have imagined to be true. I always knew "things happen" but in reality I never truely understood or believed.

I wish you all the luck in the world and hope all your dreams and everything you have worked hard for come true. I am moving over to the UK soon and I hope that while I am there I can do my best in the fight to erase child abuse.

To one of the millions of survivors "Joe" I send you and your family love and wishes for a brighter future.

Jodie

hi joe
just read your book, and felt i had to write to you. although i never went through (thankfully) your terrible childhood i felt every pain while reading your book. to know that you came out of your years of hell, a strong man/husband and father moved me beyond belief. the anger i felt while reading your ordeals was something i've never expreienced, to know that you were not protected and listened to makes me question the very exsistence of the British social services, because although there are so many more cases coming to the media attention, nothing seems to have changed. there isnt a day goes by when there isnt a case in the papers or on the news about an innocent chile being abused in some way or another, i firmly agree that something needs to be done so our children and our childrens children have some sort of stability and no fear, because no matter how much we try and shield them from anything harmful, they still need to live a NORMAL life, its their god given right and as parents we do the very best we can but there'll always be that big question mark and its all down to our knowledge and dis-trust in the social services and up-mostly the government. i hope life only gets better for you and will follow your progress as i strongly believe you are a remarkable person, who in no way deserved the terrible start of life you had.
best wishes to you and your family
lisa
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Joe,
I have just finished reading your book "cry silent tears" and i can honestly say that i cried many many tears for the horrendous suffering that you had to suffer. I find it hard to understand how any human being can be so cruel to a child, your suffering just came out of the pages and made me just want to go in and rescue the poor child who so desperately needed help.
I am happy that you have survived and came through this terrible ordeal and hope that with your help other children in the same position can get the help they so desperately need.
I also hope that the people who inflicted these awful things upon you get what they deserve.
You are an insperation to us all

your book was amazing!i cant believ how you got through it all to become a wonderful caing father and husband. i cried so much when i read it.im sorry i havent written much, i just wanted you to know how much your book moved me and cant wait for the next one. thankyou steph

Hi Joe.
I came across your book by accident in my library, I was looking for some books for my college course and as I was going to the desk it caught my eye so I took it to the desk with me. I read it within 2 days, you are only a year older than me, I can't even imagine what it must have been like, it has made me appreciate the loving family I have even more than ever. I'm a true believer in what goes around will come around, your Mum, Brothers, Amani and 'Uncle Douglas' will soon get what they deserve. I'm pleased to see you have another book coming out in May and I will be in the shops to get it as soon as it does. Your wife and children must be very proud of you for coming through what you have been through the way you have. I'm very happy for you to have found love and happiness you most certainly deserve it. Keep up the good work and good luck with your new book
Sonia xxx