![]() ![]() Sandra doesn’t just organise to have these establishments cleaned and liveable again, she gives an extraordinary level of respect and grace to the occupants of these places. She also cleans houses of those whose homes have become unliveable, through extreme neglect due to mental health issues, or through hoarding. ![]() Sandra and her team often clean houses in which people have died – sometimes through suicide or drugs sometimes alone, going undiscovered for some time sometimes as victims of violent crime. ![]() Sandra’s life has been hit with trauma time and again, which may be why she is the ideal person to run a business which deals with the kind of work most of us not only wouldn’t consider, but wouldn’t even want to contemplate. Alternate chapters tell the story of Sandra’s life to date, and examples of the work she does today. It tells the story of Sandra Pankhurst who has been a trauma cleaner for the past twenty years. Looking for a break from fiction reading I grabbed it off my bookshelf recently, and it was an excellent decision because this book is phenomenal. As often happens, life took over and other books popped up and I just didn’t get to it. The entire story sounded completely fascinating. I actually bought this book several years ago after hearing a Sydney Writer’s Festival podcast interview with the author, Sarah Krasnostein. ![]()
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