I have just finished your book, I cried nearly all the way through it and had to keep stopping because it was so upsetting. How you survived such torture is a miracle, you are such a brave man. The people who abused you and those like them are worse than animals and they do not deserve to live. Let us hope that they get there just deserts.
You are an inspiration to us all.
Carry on your good work

Hi Joe,
Im in the middle of reading Silent Tears and im gripped by your story so thought id check out your website. I also suffered abuse of sorts in my childhood and still have many unanswered questions. However my story is nothing compared to yours and it has shocked me to the core. I was lucky that social services did get involved and i had a guardian angel in a stepdad that saved both me and my sister. I have chosen to work with children in care and despite the difficulties and challenges i find it very rewarding. Due to my past i, like you, wanted to go the opposite way and am trying to be the perfect parent. Since becoming a mum i am even more disgusted at how some parents can treat their flesh and blood. Your story is an inspiration and i will pass it on to any young people that i think may benefit from reading it. I look forward to finishing your book and im comforted when reading it as i know you did survive and that you turned your situation around. The protection of children is everyones responsibility. Good luck in all of your causes. I would love to help if i can. Thanks for sharing
Lucy xxx

Dear Joe,

I am 3 quarters through your book and cannot put it down. The more i read, the more sadness i feel for you. How you survived such evilness i don't know.

There is so much i want to say to you yet i cannot find the words.

I have a little boy and reading your story of what happended at such a young age makes me ill inside because i think of my son and think how ill i'd be if he had to endure such evilness.

You are a very remarkable and brave man! I admire you for your work!!!

I just wanted to express something to you Joe, Im not sure how to say it but I hope it is conveyed. I have recently read your book and like everyone else could not put it down. You have shown so much courage and I cannot imagine what life has been for you. I have cried reading your book feeling ashamed that our society could not protect you. Wishing I could go back intime and save you myself!
There is not enough room to write BUT know that the pain you went through to write it - helps to make parents aware of the signs and conversations to have about abuse. I have 8yr old twins. There are two reasons I read books like yours - to develop awareness and understanding to protect my own children but mainly to understand your triumph - that these sick people didnt break your spirit. They didnt win!

I am glad that you have found love and a family to cherish. Turn all your energy into them and on your dark days - win all over again knowing that despite everyone that tried to break you, YOU ARE A BRAVE STRONG GOOD MAN

I would just like to say what a brave person you are , firstly for over coming such horrific abuse at the hands of your mother and other family members , I would also like to say how sorry I am that you lost your father in such terrible cercumstances , my father in law died also from being in a fire due to petrol so I can relate to how that made you feel .

I read your book after having it recomended to me and I was left in tears from the very begining , it took me just a day to read it and I was so stunned at how society was so against you when you were so badly treated by everyone .

I am also pleased for you that eventually you have become a wonderful person and have the family you always wished for , I can't wait to read your second book .

P.s. I too [after reading Diane's comments No.228 and Nicky's comments no. 231} truly believe that these nasty nasty people should be made to suffer just like you did as I am sure you will be backed up all the way....

You truly are an amazing man, you,your wife and your children must be so proud of you, for what you went through. I was going to put the book down halfway through as I was crying and was actually living the situations with you, but I carried on and so glad that I did.....a truly astonishing read that I am sure will reach out to others,as you say Joe it is amazing that cruelty like this still exists and is never uncovered. I hope that you and your family keep enjoying what you have and may God Bless you all....Love and Best wishes Emma x x x

what a truely amazing book i have just read...your a remarkable human being! i couldnt put the book down and wanted more than anything for you to be rescued and heard and believed in...im so happy you have found happiness...and i hope one day the people who did wrong to you get paid back , if not on earth then hopefully in hell!!! with love to you...janice xxxxx

Hi Joe,

Iv just finished your book, I am utterly shocked by the abused you faced as a child. Having a young lad myself of two, I cannot beieve why someone would want to put a child threw what u were put threw.
You should be proud of yourself for the way you've made something out of your life after the way it began. Im glad you now have your own family now and your able to treat them the way u neva could of imagined.

PS.
Please take note of Diane no 228 comment to you. I try to make a stand for justice and I cannot bear to think that 'Uncle Douglas'is still out there and I cannot stop him or your brothers or Amani or..... I will pray that your will find the courage to do this.