Hi Joe, My name is Lisa, i'm from Dublin and have just finished Cry Silent Tears. I am beyond words for you and all you went through, the fact that you are still breathing is a miracle never mind all the fantastic things you are doing with your life. I have nothing but admiration for you.
Love
Lisa xx

Dear Joe
Having just finished reading your novel Cry Silent Tears, which by the way I read within eights hours. I feel that we have a world on commom yet so far apart. To have the strength of character you need to put feeling on papaer, i sincerly commend you. I myself have wrote a novel of similiar events of which I´m trying to get published. I personally found this a very painful yet fulfilling journey. For me and others out there you are the back bone of what we all need to acheive, that for me is peace within our own hearts and soul.
I look forward to reading more of you material.
Best Regards
Martin James Veryard

Throughout reading your book 'Cry Silent Tears' my heart sank I cant bear to think what It was like, I now realise how serious and upsetting It Is to go through what you went through at that young age It's horryfying knowing anyones mother could do that to their own child! I havent been able to put the book down I read blurb and already had an image of what was to come. Your incredible, brave and strong to be where you are today. I may say I know what It's like to lose a close parent at a young age, because the same happend to me. I am very sorry. Your book has left me speechless I could not imagine how horrible your expericence was at such a young age. Thankyou xx

hi there joe,
i have just finished eading your book cry silent tears and can i just say, i cried all the way through, i just cannot belive what you have been through, i too myself have suffered from child abuse when i was 3 years old i am now 28 and getting married next year, you have done incredilbly well for getting where you are now, you are an incredible man, and i just wanted to say so, i hope you do read this.

thankyou
amanda

by the way just wanted to point out i was saying that she wanted to read it but obviously i completely and utterly said no!! i mean she was so horrified just from reading the blurb...

i got your book out form the library today and read it. i was gripped and forgot about meals and everything. my emotions are in such turmoil....my ten year old niece is a book worm and without my knowing rooted through the bag i always take with me to the library to see if i had got her any books she came across the book and read the blurb. she has been so affected by it all evening she has been rampaging and alternatively saying she wishes the police your mum would find your mother and kill her and begged me to let her read it. words cannot express the deep sorrow i feel for you...."deep sorrow" how inadequate. You are the bravest most amazing most resilient miracle we have out there today. i sincerely hope that the rest of your life is so unbelievably sweet so as to, if not blot out, then at least dull the horror of your life before. words betray me. i want to go out RIGHT NOW and try to find all children exposed to any horror and do something for them!

Hi joe, if you read this.
Just wanted to say that your book was an eye opener. I read it all in a few hours as i couldn't put it down. Well done for having the bravery to publish your ordeal.
What's awful is the extent to which the police and social system let you down. It's so wrong to think this was allowed to happen to you. I can't really express how much your story moved me. I hope you are happy now with your wife and children, maybe you can take solace in giving your family the life you should of had. I have never fully appreciated having such a loving family myself before. My brother is eight years old and the thought of him going through an ounce of what you suffered makes my heart ache.
I also witnessed the death of my father at a young age, without the support of my family I can't imagine getting through it. I know its not my place to say it but I think your father would be proud of the man who has emerged from the chaos and tragedy of your childhood and adolesence.
Rose

Hi Joe,I have just read your book Cry Silent Tears and have never known a book to affect me so greatly.I had a panic attack when I went to sleep and my husband woke up crying.I cannot believe a parent can do such evil depraved things to their child and also everything else that happened.I went through it with you readind the book.I want to get a petition up and take it to the Government and ask that all peodophiles be wiped off the face of the earth.They are a viris to the world and its people.I have an 18 month old Great Grandaughter who I would kill for iff she was harmed.My son was raped by some gay men in the USA when he was over their visiting our family and was left for dead.He was 33 when he died of lung problems and HIV and wonder iff he caught it from them.He was a mental health nurse and wrote a project about male rape.I am so pleased you met your wonderful wife and went on to have a family.You could have done what your family did and so glad you did not.I am sorry you are ill and send healing thoughts to you.Take Care Joe.Much Love Annexx

Hi Joe,
I got your book from my mother yesterday evening. I took my son to bed last night at 8.30 & started reading it. I couldn't stop reading, even though I could hardly see through my tears!!! I finished the book at 12.10am. I was furious & sickend, as a woman & as a mother at what your mother put you through. The very person who should be protecting you from the other ANIMALS that you wrote about in your book was just as bad, if not worse. I kept looking at my son beside me in the bed & just couldn't imagine ever making him cry intentionally, never mind abusing him mentally & physically like your mother did to you. There is so much I want to say about it all but mostly I just want to say congratulations on becoming a wonderful, loving husband & father. I'm so glad that you're life is full of love & happiness now. You're AMAZING! Keep up the good work xxx

i would just like to say you are a fabulous writer. i really enjoyed your book cry silent tears!!!