Dear Joe i am a 43 year old wife and mother i have had like most people some trama in my life, but i have just finished your book it is the best thing i have ever read you are a inspiration to every decent human being i wish you and your family the very best of love and happiness for the rest of your life you have made me want to be able to do something to help but i have no qulifications only experience of life. i am not a religious person but i would pray for you and yours you derserve to be loved so much good luck to you all love and best wished mandy xx

hi joe have just read your book and at times had to put it down for feeling totally disgusted and sick at how you were treated as a child and more so how badly you were let down by so called people that should have been ther to help you tthere are still serious lessons to be learned sadly in this day and age and it saddens me immensly that there are still totally innocent children out there who are living in hell when they should be enjoying the best time of their lives .i have two wonderful kids and although they drive me nuts at times l love tem more that life itself and why some other so called mothers dont love and protect their kids and keep them safe is just totally beyond me for you to have come through what you have and have the happiness you deserve is truely wonderful god bless and to all those kids out therewho re living in their own hell there are good people out there xxx

Hi Joe,

I just finished reading your book "Cry Silent Tears" and i have to say well done you for surviving how you did, in my family there are a number of troubled people who through the generations have passed on their abusive streaks in varying strengths so i can relate to how you came otu of all of what you went through deciding to be different and break that cycle, me and my cousin have done the same, unfortunatly for others in our generation they couldn't manage to break that. It makes me sad to know there are so many children, teens and young adults out there with no one to turn to, the feelings of isolation and no one to talk to are the worst in the world and can drive people to the worst of actions. Both myself, my sister and my cousin turned to self harming at some stage or another, my sister has social difficulties now and refuses to leave the house, she's never had a job but because she's 25 there is no one to turn to out there for help. It's an unavoidable burden but i can see completely why she is the way she is now and it's a fate i'll have to accept that one day when our carers have gone that i will have to care for her. I'm 21 now and just coming to terms with things, i still find it very hard to talk about how i feel through fear of judgement, being laughed or taunted, being brushed off or just ignored by others and it'd be nice to say that hadnt happened in the past but unfortunatly it all has. I'm starting to not hurt myself anymore but finding it really difficult to find any other sort of release when i get frustrated and angry about the past and i've found myself to be very destructive to my personal relationships too, i used to surround myself with troubled people who were on drugs or heavy drinkers i suppose through it being familiar to me but nowadays i have few friendships at all. I just dont trust people. It's comforting to see someone like yourself who has come out the other end with the right attitude and it gives me strength that i can do the same, like you i want to be able to help children, teens and young adults who are in difficult situations but i'm finding it hard to find a way in. I'd like to be queen of the world and just change all the laws in the world but i know that's impossible, we'll get there one day though and hopefully it'll be a much nicer place to live in (england that is)...start small and let the ripples take it. Thank you for writing your book, and thank you for giving me hope. Rachel :o) x

Hi, I read your book in a day, I felt so much sadness and just kept reading because I needed to know that you were going to be alright. You have a lot of courage and even though I personally do not know you I am proud of you and your acheivements. Keep up the wonderful work
Best wishes
Charlotte

hi joe,

what can i say, other than i am so plesed that you have found the courage to tell your heartbreaking story and that you no longer have to hide them silent tears. i just wish you and your family a long and happy health forever. Your dad would be so proud of you i'm sure of that and your book will be such a inspiration to everyone that reads it. thank you for sharing your story with me and making me aware of what still happen in our society .

Hi Joe,
What a truly brave little boy you were. I am sure your Dad would be very proud of you had he lived.As for your Mother,Amani,Uncle Douglas and all the other people who made your life so difficult(and thats putting it mildly)I hope they rot in hell. I am a Mother myself and cannot imagine what pleasure any one gets from abusing children in any way shape or form.I sincerly hope that from here on in your life goes from strength to strength and that you have a very happy life with your wife and children. I am sure they are very proud of you.Bless you all.

Love Jane Hogan

I have just finished your book, I can not find the words to say how I feel other than thank you for sharing your childhood and for the great work you are doing. I wish you and your family all the best in the future and I shall recommed your book to all my friends to highlight what goes on behind closed doors.
Love Jacquie X

I picked up your book last week after reading a review on the internet about it. I started reading it this morning at 9.30 and I could not put it down until I finished it 1/2 an hour ago! It is one of the most touching books I have ever read, the emotions and tears that I went through reading each page, I wanted to reach a part that I knew your family had been found out and you were safe. My heart really goes out to you and the nightmare you had to endure, you must be such a strong, brave and intelligent person to come out the other end and I am so pleased that you found a true woman who cares so much for you. X

Dear Joe,
i just want to thank you for writing your book 'cry silent tears'.
i have read books like yours before but i have never read about such a horrific childhood that you have had, and then to turn your live around like that, by meeting your wife, was extraordinary. you are such a brave man so i want to congratulate you beating all the people who made your childhood years hell. i cannot wait for your second book!
Chrissie xxx

firstly i would like to say your an amazing man for coming out on top, if i can say that, after all you went through. what you had to put up with as a young boy was horrible and although it was horriable i couldnt but your book down! when i got to the part were you got locked away for three years, i couldnt believe it! the strenght you kept down there was amazing. i read the full book in three days,
your dad will be looking down on your so proud!

xxxxxx