{"product_id":"trauma-cleaner-paperback","title":"Trauma Cleaner - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Krasnostein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Victorian Prize for Literature, Sarah Krasnostein's \u003ci\u003eThe Trauma Cleaner: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the fascinating biography of one of the people responsible for tidying up homes in the wake of natural--and unnatural--catastrophes and fatalities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHomicides and suicides, fires and floods, hoarders and addicts. When properties are damaged or neglected, it falls to Sandra Pankhurst, founder of Specialized Trauma Cleaning (STC) Services Pty. Ltd. to sift through the ashes or sweep up the mess of a person's life or death. Her clients include law enforcement, real estate agents, executors of deceased estates, and charitable organizations representing victimized, mentally ill, elderly, and physically disabled people. In houses and buildings that have fallen into disrepair, Sandra airs out residents' smells, throws out their weird porn, their photos, their letters, the last traces of their DNA entombed in soaps and toothbrushes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe remnants and mementoes of these people's lives resonate with Sandra. Before she began professionally cleaning up their traumas, she experienced her own. First, as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home. Then as a husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, and trophy wife. In each role she played, all Sandra wanted to do was belong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trauma Cleaner\u003c\/i\u003e is the extraordinary true story of an extraordinary person dedicated to making order out of chaos with compassion, revealing the common ground Sandra Pankhurst--and everyone--shares with those struck by tragedy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Krasnostein is a writer and a lawyer with a PhD in criminal law. A fourth generation American and a third generation Australian, she has lived and worked in both countries. \u003ci\u003eThe Trauma Cleaner\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693635014719,"sku":"9781250876621","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5bb0e04e89ffcfa01ebedd2545f8d087.webp?v=1764999474","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/trauma-cleaner-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}