“freedom for joe” is original, creative, imaginative: you won’t predict where this book will take you. It’s a story that is relevant today and will be a hundred years from now. The surface story is entertaining, touching, real and triumphant, and if you care to delve beneath the surface, the message is revelatory. One of the greatest rewards is the epiphany that Joe’s journey is your own. It is not only a tale of falling and getting back up, but one of transcending beyond the place where falling is a possibility. The tag line renders it best: “There is always hope…” – a maxim you’ll want to make your own after reading “freedom for joe.”