{"product_id":"packinghouse-daughter-a-memoir-9780060936846","title":"Packinghouse Daughter: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eA unique blend of memoir and public history, \u003cem\u003ePackinghouse Daughter, \u003c\/em\u003e winner of the Minnesota Book Award, tells a compelling story of small-town, working-class life. The daughter of a Wilson \u0026amp; Company millwright, Cheri Register recalls the 1959 meatpackers' strike that divided her hometown of Albert Lea, Minnesota. The violence that erupted when the company \"replaced\" its union workers with strikebreakers tested family loyalty and community stability. Register skillfully interweaves her own memories, historical research, and oral interviews into a narrative that is thoughtful and impassioned about the value of blue-collar work and the dignity of those who do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRegister, Cheri:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Cheri Register often tells people her University of Chicago Ph.D. really stands for Packinghouse Daughter. The opening chapter of \u003cem\u003ePackinghouse Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e was cited as a Notable Essay in \u003cem\u003eBest American Essays 1996.\u003c\/em\u003e Other excerpts have appeared in \u003cem\u003eHungry Mind Review, University of Chicago Magazine, \u003c\/em\u003e and the book \u003cem\u003eIs Academic Feminism Dead?\u003c\/em\u003e Her work on this memoir has earned a Jerome Travel and Study Grant, a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, and grants from the Loft Literary Center and the Minnesota Historical Society. Her other books include \u003cem\u003eThe Chronic Illness Experience: Embracing the Imperfect Life\u003c\/em\u003e (formerly titled \u003cem\u003eLiving with Chronic Illness: Days of Patience and Passion\u003c\/em\u003e) and \u003cem\u003eAre Those Kids Yours?: American Families with Children Adopted from Other Countries.\u003c\/em\u003e She has published many essays in magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, and is known for her early work in feminist literary criticism and Scandinavian literature. A writer of creative nonfiction, Register now teaches writing at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, where she also lives.","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50843988295954,"sku":"9780060936846","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c4d806e3-bc8c-45e9-af42-36285ef2f237.jpg?v=1737305915","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/packinghouse-daughter-a-memoir-9780060936846","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}