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Publication Date: 19 Feb 2026
Publisher: SPCK Publishing
Page Count: 288
Author: Emma Fowle
ISBN-13: 9780281091683, 9780281091690

All the Times You Were Not There

A messy memoir from London's East End
By Emma Fowle
A heartfelt memoir of a family in 80s East End London facing addiction, infidelity and loss but ultimately finding Jesus.
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All the Times You Were Not There is a story about growing up in an East End family in 1980s London. It’s a story about elite sport and illegal raves. It’s about drug addiction, steroid abuse and how everything you thought you ever wanted can end up nearly killing you. It’s about Essex, XR3is and having a world champion powerlifter for a dad. This is a story about finding faith and finding yourself when everything around you is falling apart.

All the Times You Were Not There is a powerful memoir about a girl who thought nothing could ever go wrong. It’s about an ordinary family, elite sport and how everything you thought you ever wanted can end up nearly killing you. It’s about growing up under the shadow of a drug addiction that no one saw coming, finding faith and holding onto hope that good can come from even the most painful of circumstances.
Emma Fowle is deputy editor of Premier Christianity and editor of Voice of Hope, Premier's quarterly devotional magazine. Emma lives in Cornwall with her husband and two teenage daughters. She loves to read, swim in the sea, play netball and lift weights with her dad.
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All the Times You Were Not There is a story about growing up in an East End family in 1980s London. It’s a story about elite sport and illegal raves. It’s about drug addiction, steroid abuse and how everything you thought you ever wanted can end up nearly killing you. It’s about Essex, XR3is and having a world champion powerlifter for a dad. This is a story about finding faith and finding yourself when everything around you is falling apart.

All the Times You Were Not There is a powerful memoir about a girl who thought nothing could ever go wrong. It’s about an ordinary family, elite sport and how everything you thought you ever wanted can end up nearly killing you. It’s about growing up under the shadow of a drug addiction that no one saw coming, finding faith and holding onto hope that good can come from even the most painful of circumstances.
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Emma Fowle is deputy editor of Premier Christianity and editor of Voice of Hope, Premier's quarterly devotional magazine. Emma lives in Cornwall with her husband and two teenage daughters. She loves to read, swim in the sea, play netball and lift weights with her dad.

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