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The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can: A True Story Cover:Hardcover In the tradition of ForAn inspirational picture book autobiography from Oprah Winfreys "All Time Favorite Guest This is the story of a little girl with big dreams. All the girl ever wanted was an education. But in Rhodesia, education for girls was nearly impossible. So she taught herself to read and write with her brothers schoolbooks and to count while watching cattle graze. When the girl became a young wife and mother, she wrote her goals on a scrap of paper and buried