The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine.
In alternating narratives that take readers from heart-wrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of a generation of boys trying to find their way in a hostile world..
How, then, did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader, while the Other ended up a convicted murderer serving a life sentence? Wes Moore, the author of this fascinating book, sets out to answer this profound question.
Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods; both hung out on street corners with their crews; both ran into trouble with the police.
Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other.
The tragedy is that my story could have been his.
The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine
