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This is the beautifully written, compellingly inspiring rags-to-riches story of a Taiwanese youngster, Ruey Yu, born into a ravaged and occupied country, who went on to co-found and build a multi-million-dollar American skin care empire, NeoStrata.

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Every tube of skin cream with AHA, the wildly popular anti-wrinkle ingredient, exists because of a half-starved boy in wartime Taiwan who travelled to university in Ottawa and went on to fortune. […] Yu’s life “is the classic story of constant optimism, moving forward in the face of adversity, overcoming all odds.”
-- Tom Spears * Ottawa Citizen *

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Table of Contents Introduction Prologue Chapter One - Coal Dust and Daydreams Chapter Two - Bowing to the Emperor Chapter Three - A "City Monkey" in the Country Chapter Four - Starvation and Surrender Chapter Five - Return to Hsinchu Chapter Six - The Tale of the Poor Scholar Chapter Seven - A Diamond in the Trash Chapter Eight - Pedalling through Taipei Chapter Nine - Pure Chemistry Chapter Ten - Quemoy Chapter 11 - Snowed Under Chapter 12 - Coming to America Chapter 13 - A Life-Changing Discovery Chapter 14 - Taking a Gamble Chapter 15 - Avon Calling Chapter 16 - A Wrinkle in the Business Chapter 17 - Head to Head with the Pink Lady Chapter 18 - Growing older, giving back Epilogue

Journey of a Thousand Miles An Extraordinary Life

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    A Paperback / softback by Dr. Ruey J. Yu, Kate Jaimet, Scott Simon

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      Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
      Publication Date: 14/11/2017
      ISBN13: 9780776625676, 978-0776625676
      ISBN10: 0776625675

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is the beautifully written, compellingly inspiring rags-to-riches story of a Taiwanese youngster, Ruey Yu, born into a ravaged and occupied country, who went on to co-found and build a multi-million-dollar American skin care empire, NeoStrata.

      Trade Review
      Every tube of skin cream with AHA, the wildly popular anti-wrinkle ingredient, exists because of a half-starved boy in wartime Taiwan who travelled to university in Ottawa and went on to fortune. […] Yu’s life “is the classic story of constant optimism, moving forward in the face of adversity, overcoming all odds.”
      -- Tom Spears * Ottawa Citizen *

      Table of Contents
      Table of Contents Introduction Prologue Chapter One - Coal Dust and Daydreams Chapter Two - Bowing to the Emperor Chapter Three - A "City Monkey" in the Country Chapter Four - Starvation and Surrender Chapter Five - Return to Hsinchu Chapter Six - The Tale of the Poor Scholar Chapter Seven - A Diamond in the Trash Chapter Eight - Pedalling through Taipei Chapter Nine - Pure Chemistry Chapter Ten - Quemoy Chapter 11 - Snowed Under Chapter 12 - Coming to America Chapter 13 - A Life-Changing Discovery Chapter 14 - Taking a Gamble Chapter 15 - Avon Calling Chapter 16 - A Wrinkle in the Business Chapter 17 - Head to Head with the Pink Lady Chapter 18 - Growing older, giving back Epilogue

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