Joe, i think your an amazing person you are an inspiration to other children who are suffering like you did. you have showed them they can be survivors like you. i can never begin to imagine what you went through. once i started to read your book i just couldn't put it down and stop. It had be in tears, your autobiography moved me so deeply and i truely feel that you have opened up alot of people's eyes and woke them up to reality, we don't know what happens behind closed doors but maybe we should start to take an interest. My heart goes out to you and may God bless you and your family. lots of luv xx

hi, ive literally just put down your book 'cry silet tears' and i have to say i think you are a truly wonderful man, to go through those things, i cant begin to imagine how hard it must have been for you, i am going to but the 'cry myself to sleep'.god bless you and your family...love becky x

As someone who went through child abuse myself (not to your extent) I could not put it down. I read it in one day and cried a lot. This is the best and saddest book I have ever read. My heart goes out to you. I wish you luck in the future. XXXXXXX

To Dear Joe,
Firstly your story was the first autobiography I had read and it moved me to my very core. I was unable to put down your book and read it within 24hours. I have come from a good family home, filled with love and always thought to myself that the world was perfect. Your novel opened up my eyes and removed the vail. You showed me that the world is far from perfect and that we must look out for one another, whether or not we are strangers.
I wish you all the best for the future and I am looking forward to reading your second book.
Thanks again.

hi,
My names nicole and i am 24yrs old, ive just finished reading your book i found it such a deep book to read i was in tears to no that as i woman a mother she could but her child/ren through something so vile....Am a mother myself to a 5 year old and the thought of someone taken advantage of my child the way, they took advantage of you is un thinkable. They say a mothers love is ment to be the most powerfull love of all, your mum don't deserve a son like you, you have so much courage and strength that inspires me. I complain about the most trivial things without even a thought that others are going through alot worse, and reading you book as got me thinking about all those young children out there that are going through what you went through i said a prayer for you and all those we went and who are going through the same thing....You are truly blessed and i thank you for sharing your story..x

Dear Mr Peters,
I am grateful for the opportunity to send you this mail and trust that you will read it and respond to it.
I am writing from Ghana. I received your book Cry Silent Tears last Sunday and by last week Friday, I have gone through it. To say the least: I was horrified and literrally had my AFRICAN CHRISTIAN mind abused beyond description.
I constantly had headaches as I read the book and did not want to continue to read it but had to read it to get to the end. Is it truly your life story?
Let me know so that I can discuss with you the questions that came up in my mind as I read the book.
Incidentally, I am a father of two adult children and a 21 year old daughter, whom I cared for from babyhood to her teenage years because my wife had been sick.
I have a deep sensibility for children because I was born as a premature child who did not have any chance for survival but God was in absolute control of my life circumstances and I survived to become a Professor, who has taught in Universities on three continents.
Hoping to hear from you soon. God bless you.

I recently read your book 'Cry silent tears'. I cannot even put into words what I felt whilst reading the book, you are such a brave brave person to have gone through what you went through at the hands of your abusers, I was just saddened that they never got what they deserved for putting you through such torture. I have passed the book onto my Mum and my Sister and they were, as I was just distraught by the read. You are a fantastic author and should be so proud of yourself for bringing yourself through all the horrible things and the awful times of abuse that you had to endure. I hope you stay happy and healthy. Lots of Love Gemma xxxx

Joe,My name is aimee wilson, i have just read your book Cry Myself To Sleep. I didnt put it down all day and night. i have read your book in 24 hours. I was even late for a job interview (hehe) i cannot believe what you went through. I felt like i was in the book with you, i keep screaming for it to all go well for you. I suffer with arthritis and have since i was 3 and im now 19, i have had chemotherapy for 13 years and all other injections. I also have alot of anger inside me but your book has inspired me to get some help and sometimes when i feel sorry for myself just know theres people like you out there that has gone through what they have. i wish you so much luck in the future and if you ever feel low just remember your an insparation to many many people!!! Ps I Have Never Wrote One Of These Before!!!

I am reading your book,Cry Silent Tears, and I struggle to keep myself from crying. I am a foster carer and some children that we have fostered have suffered at the hands of there abusive parents and yet they are always so loyal to those parents that have inflicted pain and suffering, I struggle to understand sometimes how these poor children can 'love' these people. I applaud you for you courage and determination and I wish that your childhood was as it should have been,happy and carefree. Well done Joe, With much love and respect. Karen Sherwood x

First off this is going to sound strange, you are a brillant author and the book was just awful! Because you are able to paint such a clear picture with your words, I felt like I was in the story, watching and unable to help. i couldn't stand to read anymore, yet i couldn't stop not knowing how your survived because I was haunted by the images in the book. Even worse was the ending. We all want to believe that we live in the kind of world that 1st wouldn't let this happen but if it did would punish those involved. Maybe because it brought back memories about how my abuser was never punished and how my family still kept in contact with him. You are doing a wonderful thing by bringing this out in the open and not hiding behind it like most of us do. I believe that this will always be the worse book I ever read, because you are such a good author and lived through such evil that I didn't even know existed! God bless you and your family!