The trauma cleaner : one woman's extraordinary life in death, decay & disaster
Krasnostein, Sarah2017
Book
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.
Main title:
The trauma cleaner : one woman's extraordinary life in death, decay & disaster / by Sarah Krasnostein.
Author:
Krasnostein, Sarah, author
Imprint:
Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing Company, 2017.©2017
Collation:
261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781925498523 (paperback)
Dewey class:
361
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
469516
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Biography | BIOG 361 PANK | On loan - Due: 16 Jul 2026 |
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Biography | BIOG 361 PANK | Available |
| Library at the Dock | -Biography | BIOG 361 PANK | On loan - Due: 22 Jul 2026 |
| North Melbourne Library | -Biography | BIOG 361 PANK | Available |