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Overladen with purple prose and a predominant rose tinted narrative; The Trauma Cleaner was a frustrating read. The author's obvious bias towards her subject derailed what was an interesting topic two-fold; trauma cleaning, and gender-transition.
While tuning into Sandra's inner turmoil and hardships as she sought her identity was interesting, I didn't like Sarah Krasnostein's putting her on a mantle as a martyr - Sandra has many faults and equally as many redeeming qualities; the subjects of wh ...more
While tuning into Sandra's inner turmoil and hardships as she sought her identity was interesting, I didn't like Sarah Krasnostein's putting her on a mantle as a martyr - Sandra has many faults and equally as many redeeming qualities; the subjects of wh ...more
A brilliant portrait of an amazing person. Krasnostein stumbled across Sandra Pankhurst, a professional trauma cleaner with an incredible life story and has crafted a thoughtful, moving and sometimes hilarious biography. Chapters alternate between Sandra's life story and snippets of her current life (and the lives of the people that she's cleaning up after). It's a smart structure and Krasnostein is a sympathetic and sensitive biographer - this is a wonderful and original book that will hopefull
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Jul 25, 2019
Shelleyrae at Book'd Out
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Sarah Krasnostein, law lecturer and researcher with a PhD in Criminal Law, first met Sandra Pankhurst at a conference for forensic support services, where Sandra sat in the lobby, advertising her Victorian based company, Specialised Trauma Cleaning (STC).
““This is what it says on the back of Sandra Pankhurst’s business card:
‘Excellence is no Accident’
Hoarding and Pet Hoarding Clean Up * Squalor/Trashed
Properties * Preparing the Home for Home Help Agencies
to Attend * Odour Control * Homicide, Sui ...more
““This is what it says on the back of Sandra Pankhurst’s business card:
‘Excellence is no Accident’
Hoarding and Pet Hoarding Clean Up * Squalor/Trashed
Properties * Preparing the Home for Home Help Agencies
to Attend * Odour Control * Homicide, Sui ...more
An interesting story, interspersed with Sandra's life and client stories. Makes for fascinating reading
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No words for how much I loved this book, and how clever the author is. Beautiful, poignant and raw.
Fascinating. Also intermittently horrifying.
Jul 07, 2021
Venessa Johnstone
marked it as to-read
