A fragmented play and a heap of whimsy paint a portrait of three perspectives with one shared rumination:
“What if she never left?”
Revisiting the beloved characters from her New Adult coming-of-age saga, The Isa Project, Gina R. Briggs tosses readers into the deep end of nostalgia with themes of life after loss, estranged friendship, and growing older in this sequel-like novelette collection.
It can be tempting to romanticize the past—the hardships that once kept us awake at night are now fleeting, and what was good is all the more rose-colored in hindsight. Each character in Ruminating Daisies contends with a story from their past that won’t let them go: Lincoln wonders if he could have altered the inevitable; past mistakes torment Isa; and K is determined not to let history repeat itself.
The three must find a place to store the bittersweetness of their youth, if only in dreams.
