Cheri Register

Cheri Register (born 1945) is an American author and teacher. She has written seven books and co-authored three, the most famous of which, Packinghouse Daughter, is a memoir based on her working-class upbringing in her home town of Albert Lea, in Minnesota. She also writes about her experiences as mother of two adopted Korean children. Prior to taking up a writing career, she taught and published work on Scandinavian, primarily Swedish, women's history and literature. She teaches classes in memoir writing at The Loft Literary Center.

Bibliography

• Beyond Good Intentions: A Mother Reflects On Raising Internationally Adopted Children (2005), ISBN 1-59743-000-5
• Packinghouse Daughter: A Memoir (2000), ISBN 0-87351-391-6
• The Chronic Illness Experience: Embracing the Imperfect Life (1999), ISBN 1-56838-346-0
• Are Those Kids Yours?: American Families With Children Adopted From Other Countries (1990), ISBN 0-02-925750-6
• Living With Chronic Illness: Days of Patience and Passion (1987), ISBN 0-02-925730-1
• Mothers-Saviours-Peacemakers: Swedish Women Writers in the Twentieth Century (1983), ISSN 0280-1809
• Kvinnokamp och litteratur i USA och Sverige (1977), ISBN 91-29-50215-2

References and external links

• Official website
• Harper Academic biography
• Cheri Register biography on As Simple As That!
• The Loft Learning Center's biography of Register