Never Mind Your Good Reasons by BettyJoyce Nash

A grieving widow's brief cognitive loss fails to diminish her grief; a dying brother's now-famous nude painting of his dead mother revives old hurts and rivalries between him and his twin sister; a drunk house painter steps on a woman's vintage shoe on a crowded city bus in Charlottesville; a lifeguard bonds with a swimmer who has dementia. The characters in Never Mind Your Good Reasons face disruption and, finally, themselves in nine intimate, captivating tales. Loners who aren't quite making it, BettyJoyce Nash's people live on the outskirts of a town or city, a job, and their own lives.