I am very iinterested in anything about the trauma cleanup. This book did open my eyes to the cleaning of differnt types, ie: drug overdose, etc. The book was an ok read. I would have liked to read more about the actual clean-ups and less about the author's life as a transgender. The book also goes into details about his life as a man, marriage , children, etc. The books title leads you to believe that the book is about trauma cleaning. Yes, the book was about that, but to me focused more on her life. Yes, Sandra Pankhurst has had a rough life, and i applaud her for keeping on, but if I wanted to read her life story, I think that should have been a seperate book. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book in return for my honest review.

While I thought the book was very interesting, the ending wasn't satisfying. I would have liked to know how Sandra's health is now, and whether she is still working.

We all know about crime scene investigators, umpteen TV and their spin-offs and loads of crime fiction have given us insight into what CSI’s do and how they do it. But what happens after the police and investigators have left a gory crime scene? Who gets the blood out of the carpet or the brains off the wall? Crime scene, or trauma cleaners like Sandra Pankhurst step in to make the violence and gore disappear. From suicides to murders to unattended deaths, Pankhurst has dealt with them all. And it’s not just the obvious work, like cleaning up the biohazards left behind, she often has to remove all traces of a person’s life from a home, their books, photos, clothing and more. Through it all. Pankhurst must maintain composure and a professional attitude, but that doesn’t mean these crime scenes don’t affect her. This is a fascinating, gross and often sad story of a woman who does what most of us can’t even imagine