Shocking, touching, saddening and yet somehow hopeful. A stunning achievement that remains a classic for our generation. The trauma cleaner is the most engrossing biography ive read since masha gessens 2012 book the man without a face. The trauma cleaner southern adirondack library system. The trauma cleaner by sarah krasnostein is not for the faint heartedthe title tells some of what is written inside the covers.
Sandra pankhurst founded her trauma cleaning business to help people whose emotional scars are written on their houses. The trauma cleaner one womans extraordinary life in the business of death, decay, and disaster by sarah krasnostein author rachael tidd narrator. Strangely, given its slightly heavier subject matter, sarah krasnosteins the trauma cleaner. But as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home, she just wanted to belong. Options for the trauma cleaner by sarah krasnostein borrow sample click here to view audiobook details for the trauma cleaner by sarah krasnostein share the trauma cleaner.
Sarah krasnostein writes nonfiction with the eyefordetail, creativity and flair of an established novelist and, as such, its nigh on impossible to stop listening to her telling of the life of the trauma cleaner sandra pankhurst once you start. The trauma cleaner audiobook cd yarra plenty regional. Sarah krasnostein, rachael tidd, blackstone publishing. Learning about her tumultuous life happens as sarah accompanies sandra and her stc team on cleaning jobs. Amanda smith, abc radio nationals best summer reads. One womans extraordinary life in the business of death, decay, and disaster is the fascinating biography of one of the people responsible for tidying up homes in the wake of natural. It is the biography of a transwoman from australia, the service trauma cleaners provide, the humanity of people we too often leave on the margins, and the resiliency of the human spirit. The trauma cleaner by sarah krasnostein 9781925498523. I tead the trauma cleaner as an audiobook it came up as a recommendation in audible, which i use so as to keep up my reading and not to waste timeironicallylistening to the blather of talkback or the repetitive drone of newsradio, while driving.
The trauma cleaner albuquerque bernalillo county library. The trauma cleaner is free for audible members until 2 december 2019, 11. One womans extraordina ry life in the business of death, decay, and disaster is the fascinating biography of one of the people responsible for tidying up homes in the wake of natural. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Rachael tidd before she was a trauma cleaner, sandra pankhurst was many things. In sandra pankhurst she discovered a woman capable of taking a lifet. Inside the world of trauma cleaners books podcast the guardian. Before she was a trauma cleaner, sandra pankhurst was many things. In sandra pankhurst she discovered a woman capable of taking a lifetime of hostility and transphobic abuse and using it to care for some of societys most inneed people. And its a story told more beautifully than you can possibly imagine. In sandra pankhurst she discovered a woman capable of taking a. The final deliberation produced a list of thirteen winners. Sarah krasnosteins the trauma cleaner is a love letter to an extraordinary ordinary life. Rachael tidds voicing is simply par excellenceshe takes the authors capture of the.
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The trauma cleaner pays tribute to a person whos an absolute life force, even among the death and decay and squalor and stench that she works in every day and the crushing difficulties of her own past. The most compelling part of this read is even in the aftermath of trauma, the possibility of living ones best life remains. But what i didnt know was that they also deal with many living clients. One womans extraordinary life in the business of death, decay, and disaster is the fascinating biography of one of the people responsible for tidying up homes in the wake of naturaland unnaturalcatastrophes and fatalities homicides and suicides, fires and floods, hoarders and addicts. Within the pages of the trauma cleaner krasnostein has given us an extraordinary gift of humanity, life, and determination while carefully guiding us through the unspeakable conditions in which people find themselves in the face of trauma.
Booktopia has the trauma cleaner, one womans extraordinary life in the business of death, decay, and disaster audio book by sarah. Through sublime writing, sarah krasnostein expertly renders an unforgettable portrait of sandra, one of the most compelling people i have ever read. The trauma cleaner downloadable audiobook the seattle. We launched in 2015 as an imprint of blackstone audio, inc. The trauma cleaner streaming audiobook richmond public. The trauma cleaner, one womans extraordinary life in the. The trauma cleaner, sandra, is a horrible person but the blurb says, sarah krasnosteins the trauma cleaner is a love letter to an extraordinary ordinary life. The trauma cleaner is a beautifully written story about sandra pankhurst, owner of specialized trauma cleaning services stc in australia.
One womans extraordinary life in the business of death, decay, and disaster is the fascinating biography of one of the people responsible for tidying up homes in the wake of naturaland unnaturalcatas. The chapters alternate between sandras personal story and those of a few of her clients. Krasnostein has put together an compelling insight into the work of sandra pankhursta trauma cleaner who for the last twenty years has specialized in the often very unpleasant task of cleaning up crime scenes. One womans extraordinary life in the business of death, decay, and disaster audiobook published april 10th 2018 by blackstone publishing unabridged, audiobook, 10 pages. The trauma cleaner by readbook 30 october 2017 before she was a trauma cleaner, sandra pankhurst was many things husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, trophy wifeabut as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home, she just wanted to belong. The trauma cleaner the trauma cleaner audiobook, by sarah krasnostein. The author excuses the awfulness of her subject every time by harking back to her upbringing.
The christmasnew year break contains but two priorities for me. From the forgotten flat of a drug addict to the infested home of a hoarder, sandra enters properties and lives at the same time. Our imprint is committed to publishing exceptional books of all genres that captivate readers. The trauma cleaner audible audiobook unabridged amazon. The trauma cleaner one womans extraordinary life in the business of death, decay, and disaster downloadable audiobook. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ata. Im currently listening to and loving this as an audiobook, narrated by stephen fry. Author sarah krasnostein spent four years getting to know sandra pankhurst and then wrote the trauma. Seattlethe listen list council of the collection development and evaluation section codes of the reference and user services association rusa has announced the 2019 selections of the listen list. I always regretted not studying greek mythology at school especially now that ive married a greek. The trauma cleaner by sarah krasnostein overdrive rakuten. Sandras business involves going to the home of hoarders. Winner of the victorian prize for literature, sarah krasnosteins the trauma cleaner.
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