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The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein

83 reviews

querciola's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.0

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alexiaalaurenn's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book was not what I expected at all. I thought I was going to learn about what it’s like to be the person called to clean up after crime scenes, and I guess in a way I did. I just wasn’t expecting Sandra. I learned a lot from reading this book and highly recommend it (but check trigger warnings before reading!).
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eddiehits's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Super heavy topics covered beautifully. The story of Sandra is heartbreaking and Sarah did a wonderful job piecing it back together 
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gab_rielle's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

I loved this book. It was an incredible well written biography that did really well tackling the issue of how can an author acknowledge their bias. I think that the author did this in such a clever way. 

I also think it tackled the issues of trauma really well with compassion in every chapter. I think it acknowledged how messy and complicated even good people are. 

I will say that I think there should have been a lot more content warnings. The child abuse and rape scene were so explicit. I do think it was more manageable than other examples because this was shown as the past. This was just part of Sandra's narrative and she is not defined by it. 
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lochnessvhs's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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vicki_pittman's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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bookedbyclare's review against another edition

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3.25

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kerimccourt's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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myreaderacct's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

I went into the Trauma Cleaner like most readers I expect did--interested in the stories of crime scene and hoarding clean ups.  While the book does cover those, its main focus is the titular one woman.  Krasnostein does an excellent job of telling Sandra Pankhurst's story, and deftly balances her flaws and triumphs to present her as a well-rounded, complicated woman.  She does a similar job covering the owners of the houses being cleaned, showcasing them with compassion and interest.  My only quibble is that the book is relatively short--I was left wanting to know much more, not only about Sandra but also her clients.   Still, I highly enjoyed the book, and look forward to diving into Krasnostein's other work. 
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sametc_89's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.5

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