title: With Only Five Plums: The Time Before (Book 1)
author:  Terry Eisele 
description: Terry Eisele has taught English for twenty years in places as far flung as the Czech Republic, Switzerland, California, and Ohio. He is currently an associate professor at Columbus State Community College. He received a masters degree in comparative cultural studies from the Ohio State University. He reads comics, supports Arsenal Football Club, and writes in his spare time. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, Michelle, and their two dogs. With Only Five Plums is his first graphic novel.
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  # Promises and Sweet Memories
  
  
  ### A Whisling Island Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Julia Clemens
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Pickled Plum Publishing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Julia Clemens
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
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  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
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  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.html#2RHM0-043fcbc9bddb41a28549672ff2681fc3)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.html#3Q280-043fcbc9bddb41a28549672ff2681fc3)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0005.html#4OIQ0-043fcbc9bddb41a28549672ff2681fc3)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0006.html#5N3C0-043fcbc9bddb41a28549672ff2681fc3)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0007.html#6LJU0-043fcbc9bddb41a28549672ff2681fc3)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0008.html#7K4G0-043fcbc9bddb41a28549672ff2681fc3)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0009.html