This was a good read. Keep on mind that this is a true story. For those who think this was boring, disturbing or predictable, stick with fiction. This story is about the life of a young girl all the way through to adulthood and all of the unfathomable things she had to deal with. How she dealt with and overcame them. She is amazing and so is her story.

Gobsmacked with the story, can’t believe it’s a true story! Good though

A great read, it started off slow but once it got my attention I was hooked. And what gets me, it's a true story. When I say everyone shouldn't be allowed to have children I'm talking about mothers like Joannes. She liked being pregnant but that's it, she didn't have a motherly bone, nor cell in her body. The way she treated her children, the born and unborn is disgusting. She had a total of 7 kids, 3 live and 3 she kept in a bin in her room for years. The one (Helen) Joanne found and gave her a proper burial. Her mum even slept eith her boyfriend and he fathered one of her kids. This crazy heffa even tried to pin it on her on children. She changed her name so people wouldn't attribute her crimes to her. I'm happy Joanne pulled through all the trauma and showed her kids what a mother is supposed to be. Knowing what her mother did really messed her up. Joanne fought for her "Silent Sisters", she found out who their fathers we're, gave them names and laid them to rest. This book took me on an emotional roller coaster. There are truly some sick people in this world. #Book30of2021 #bookworm #whatsnext

This book is very sad and surprising. The one thing I did like about this book is how the ending summed up so much it didn't leave you guessing or needing more it wrapped up everything perfectly and it was very satisfying

I found the story to be disturbing. The plot was weak and the story itself made you feel frustrated , it was so prodictable .

Loved the different narrators

It was dragged on the story itself is good but anti climactic. I kept expecting something wildly but there wasn’t.

Good book but sometimes the language was hard to understand.

The subject of the book is disturbing, yet morbid curiosity keeps you listening. The story went on too long. After the legal proceedings were concluded, there was very little meaningful content.

Good book, moving and engaging. Good narrator.

I can’t believe this is based on a true story! Unbelievable of what kids have to endure in their lifetimes!!

Great read!!

I could not stop listening to this! I couldn't believe this was a true story and what the daughters had gone through, shocking!

What an incredible story, so we’ll written and so we’ll performed by the narrator.

A great audible! Very easy to follow the characters. A wonderful story.

A very touching story, it's surprising how they slipped through the Social Services net but with the mothers secrecy I'm not surprised, just so pleased they all now have their own happy families to enjoy and love

Great listen. Really holds your attention

Great. Very enjoyable despite the bleak theme.

Amazingly enthralling story. Narrator spoke smoothly without being boring.

This kept me at the edge of my seat. Hard to believe it was true.

Really enjoyed this book especially the inclusion of the grandparents and Son. Reminded me so much of my childhood being brought up on a deaf family

A very disturbing read. It’s incredibly tragic that it is indeed a true story. Very gripping though, which meant that I listened to it every chance I got and worked through it quite quickly. It is rather shocking that child services were never called or involved while Joanne was growing up. I do find it rather hard to believe that at the age of ten that she was pretty much running the household; that teachers / neighbours / friends didn’t jump in and report her horrendous homelife and social services didn’t do anything, I find this very very odd and troubling. Personally, I felt that the book got a bit long once the court case and judgement was discussed, I felt that it should have ended there, the additional narrative would have made for a good second book. BUT, it does all tie very well together at the end. So, if you are getting a bit bored, hang in there.

Amazing book. Such a heartbreaking story.

I really enjoyed this book.

Wonderful story about not surviving but thriving! Great read

Oh.....My.......Gosh!!! what a riveting story!

incredible story. excellently narrated. The fact that it's based on a true story is chilling. My heart goes out to the family that lived through this. They are truly courageous.

Wow what a book. I honestly couldn’t stop listening. What a brave girl Jojo was. How she did what she did and looked after everything is mind blowing. What a women she deserves an award. Thank you for sharing your story xx

Silent Sisters is not worth reading unless you are eager to learn about true stories, no matter how they are narrated. The characters are as shallow as the plot. The story, however, is absolutely devastating. The neglected children, addicted mother, and numerous boyfriends are incredibly unemotional. The story is just the sequence of life events: care of siblings, a drinking parent, household chores, teen pregnancies, miscarriages. Unfortunately this book fails to live up to expectations. It leaves you feeling cheated, because the story is truly atrocious, but the narration is tedious and unemotional.

Incredible story of overcoming shame, pain and guilt. I seriously could not put this book down. She takes you on a journey (her journey) you can't help grieving for her and yet, cheering her on. The amount of pain endured was brutal. The book is intense but soooooo good. The narrator was fabulous too!

Such a heart wrenching story told in a very understanding and personable way! Great listen.

Sad story but the narrator held my attention. This is a sad story but good for people to read as it reminds you of the children who do not have good homes that may need help.

Difficult to believe this actually happened

What a tragic story.. Narrated well. Written in the first person.