*Shortlisted for two 2015 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Book of the Year and First Book P.J. Worrell understands girls who dream of being wives and mothers in safe cozy homes, then find out that trying hard to secure that life does not necessarily make it happen. In Proudflesh, readers will not find heartwarming sentimentality but mature literary prose with surprising twists and indeterminate endings and women of intense substance and spirit. Through her social worker's lens, Worrell knows what it is like to be dependent, mentally ill, or at the end of one's life. Her characters may not be heroically dashing or intrepid, but they stare death in the face without flinching, making Proudflesh an important first book.