The Trauma Cleaner
| Author | Sarah Krasnostein |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Rachael Tidd |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Text Publishing |
Publication date | 2017 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| ISBN | 9781925498523 |
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster is a 2017 biography written by Australian author Sarah Krasnostein, chronicling the life and career of transgender woman Sandra Pankhurst. The book details Pankhurst's 1953 birth in Melbourne, her adoption by unwanting parents, marriage and divorce, and her transition from male to female. The book also details her early career (which included time spent as a sex worker, taxi dispatcher, drag queen, and funeral director), and also her eventual business, Specialist Trauma Cleaning Services, a cleaning company specialising in crime scene cleanup and hoarder restoration.