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The Trauma Cleaner

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One Woman's Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster

by Sarah Krasnostein
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/10/2019
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A poignant and powerful celebration of one remarkable woman's unrelenting drive to make order from chaos.

Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things- husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, trophy wife...

But as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home, she just wanted to belong. Now she believes her clients deserve no less.

A woman who sleeps among garbage she has not put out for forty years. A man who bled quietly to death in his loungeroom. A woman who lives with rats, random debris and terrified delusion. The still life of a home vacated by accidental overdose.

Sarah Krasnostein has watched the extraordinary Sandra Pankhurst bring order and care to these, the living and the dead - and the book she has written is equally extraordinary. Not just the compelling story of a fascinating life among lives of desperation, but an affirmation that, as isolated as we may feel, we are all in this together.

ISBN:
9781925603897
9781925603897
Category:
Biography & True Stories
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-10-2019
Publisher:
Text Publishing
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x18mm
Weight:
0.24kg
Sarah Krasnostein

Sarah Krasnostein is the multi-award-winning author of The Trauma Cleaner, The Believer, the Quarterly Essay Not Waving, Drowning.

She is a regular contributor to The Saturday Paper and The Monthly, and was awarded the 2022 Pascall Prize for arts criticism. She holds a doctorate in criminal law. Her forthcoming book is On Peter Carey.

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I had seen this lady’s story on TV & was keen to know more about her. She certainly rose above adversity !
Everything Life could possibly find , it threw at her.
It’s a MUST READ book.

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Beautifully written, the story of Sandra is one of deep hurt, hope and kindness. From terrible beginnings, Sandra has built a life for herself with many challenges along the way. All the while building paths forward for her community. Highly recommend

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Based on the true-life story of Sandra Pankhurst. I only brought this book because a friend said it was my kind of book, about cleaning up places and homes after death and trauma. Did not disappoint, The Trauma Cleaner is so much more. Sandra's story is heartwarming and heartbreaking. If you like true stories give this one a read.

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