The Trauma Cleaner
Registered by LadyIndigo of Orange, New South Wales Australia on 5/21/2018
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The Trauma Cleaner: : One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
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.
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.
Awards
Winner, Victorian Prize for Literature, 2018
Winner, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, 2018
Winner, ABIA General Non-Fiction Book of the Year, 2018
Shortlisted, Indie Book Award for Non-fiction, 2018
Shortlisted, ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, 2018
Shortlisted, ABDA Best Designed Autobiography/Biography/Memoir Non-Fiction Cover, W. H. Chong, 2018
Longlisted, Dobbie Literary Award for a first time published author, 2018
About the Author
Sarah Krasnostein was born in America, studied in Melbourne and has lived and worked in both countries. She is a law lecturer and researcher with a doctorate in criminal law.
The Trauma Cleaner is her frist book. Sarah lives in Melbourne and spends part of the year working in New York City.
Winner, Victorian Prize for Literature, 2018
Winner, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, 2018
Winner, ABIA General Non-Fiction Book of the Year, 2018
Shortlisted, Indie Book Award for Non-fiction, 2018
Shortlisted, ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, 2018
Shortlisted, ABDA Best Designed Autobiography/Biography/Memoir Non-Fiction Cover, W. H. Chong, 2018
Longlisted, Dobbie Literary Award for a first time published author, 2018
About the Author
Sarah Krasnostein was born in America, studied in Melbourne and has lived and worked in both countries. She is a law lecturer and researcher with a doctorate in criminal law.
The Trauma Cleaner is her frist book. Sarah lives in Melbourne and spends part of the year working in New York City.
my comments
sending to amberc as part of the australasian wishlist tag game
happy reading
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happy reading
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Journal Entry 5 by LadyIndigo at Wishlist Tag Game, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (11/28/2018 UTC) at Wishlist Tag Game, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
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happy reading
Arrived today and claimed to read by my daughter before it even made it onto my shelves.
Disappointing. A bit all over the place.
Journal Entry 8 by amberC at Public laundry in Mount Gambier, South Australia Australia on Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Released 11 mos ago (5/3/2023 UTC) at Public laundry in Mount Gambier, South Australia Australia
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