Hi Joe I have read your book and I felt very afraid and tensioned. I have got something that i have problems with.. My mum is the meanest person i have ever had she hit's me with sandals. Strangles me and threatens me. I have just had enough of her. I just want to be adopted by my best friends mum.

Hi Joe.
I have just finished reading both of your books and would like to say thank you for bringing this subject out in the open and for sharing your story andjourney. I too am a survivor of child abuse - I was abused by me step-father for all of my teenage years. It angers me to think that people like this are in this world and that like your mother, they put up this wonderful persona to the public. To all who know him my stepfather was the perfect english gentleman....to me he was fear and hurt personified in a single being. I was happy the day he died - I felt guilty about this for years! I hope that your mother was brought to justice, I was waiting for this in the book, but I can understand your fear and anguish of "grassing" on her. Fear is a very strong emotion, and until someone has been in the position that you were in, they have no right to tell you to handle things in a way that they perceive they should be handled. At the end of the day, she will have to meet her maker and stand before God and be judged. You are a strong, brave man who has survived the worst there is to endure. Your father would be so proud of you, as I know my father (who I adored and who also died when I was a child) would be proud of me too. Maybe they are both together, and will welcome us with open arms some day. My love to you and your family.....may the rest of your years be happy ones. xx
Yvonne (Australia)

I loved your book, i read it today.
I can relate to being abused and having no one believe you. Its hard to feel like your nothing. And that your thoughts mean nothing.

Im just proud of everyone who can come out of abuse. Its not easy!

I have just finished reading your second book 'Cry Myself To Sleep' and as with your first book, I was in shock to what you went through. I cannot for the life of me understand why people you should be able to trust keep letting you down. I read this book in one sitting, unable to put it down for a second. The comments from your mother near the end of the book about how it was all your fault and you deserved it nearly made me sick.......thank God, I had a mother who loved me for what I am.
I cannot tell you how sorry I am for you Joe, and I'm so glad you have found love and happiness in your loverly wife and five loverly children.
I will never really feel the actual pain what you went through, but after reading these two books, I do now have a greater understanding of what you must have endured. You poor bugger.
Keep well and happy Joe.
Pete, Australia

Hi Joe,
I have just read your book, it brought me to tears many times reading what your family and others have put you through. It makes me angry that people like this are still getting away with these horrific crimes. Im so glad you were strong enough to pull through and hope you have a wonderful life with your wife and children.

Joe, i read your book in a few hours each page i was wrapped in emotional anger. I wanted to jump right into those pages and protect you. As a mother I cannot come to any terms that a mother would allow this to happen to their own child.
I just wanted to say you are one amazing person and one very strong hero. Thank you for sharing your horrific story and opening our eyes to this shocking truth.
I have ordered your 2nd book and hope to find out your mother and the other two brothers get their just deserves.
I prayer and hope your life is a strole in park after what you have had to survive thru.
kindest regards
debs

Hi Joe,
I have just finished your book, and like everyone else who has read it i simply could not put it down, just turning pages in the hope of your eventual rescue, but alas this was not to be, i hope all those who hurt you get their just desserts, i have 2 boys myself and am 4 years older than you, i cannot imagine people so very evil to inflict such suffering on a mere boy... let alone his own mother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope the rest of your life is as happy as is possible in this life.....your dad would be very proud..

Hi Joe,

Your book, Cry Silent Tears, was the first book I have ever read cover to cover without putting down!

I cannot believe you survived through the torture you endured. I don't really know what to say other than I will definitely be reommending it to everyone I know.

Thank you for sharing your story.

Dear Joe; I am re reading your first book at the moment and am once again blown away by the abuse you suffered and your capacity to grow into the man you have become; i congratulate you and honour you.
I was not aware of your new book so will definately purchase this, probably directly from you (after pay day!)

Joe, this may be too painful for you to answer but did your family ever have contact with you after this first book? did they ever acknowledge the abuse?

I have just finished reading Cry Silent Tears and I was shocked and in disbelief that such abuse went on for so long. I cannot imagine for a second of how hard it must have been for you. Parts of the book made me so angry that I think if I was exposed to the perpertrators I would have done some serious harm to them.
Thank you foer sharing such a tragic part of your life with me and I do hope stories like this educate everyone to build and live in a safer and happier world.
All the best Joe.
Pete, Australia