The Other Wes Moore

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<p><b>A powerful memoir from </b><b>'the Democrats' most talented political newcomer since Barack Obama' <i>(Time</i>)</b></p><p>'Spectacular . . . Wes Moore is a proper leader' George Clooney</p><p>Two kids named Wes Moore shared much more than a name; they shared remarkably similar circumstances. Both grew up father­less and had difficult childhoods; both hung out on street corners with their crews; both ran into trouble with the police.</p><p>How, then, did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran, White House Fellow, and leading politician, while the other became a convicted murderer serving a life sentence?<br>Wes Moore, the author of this fascinating book, sets out to answer this profound ques­tion.<br><br>In December 2000, the <i>Baltimore Sun </i>ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship. The same paper also featured an article about a botched armed robbery in which a police officer had been killed. Two of the suspects had gone on the run. One was named Wes Moore.</p><p>After following the case to its conclusion, Wes Moore wrote a letter to the other Wes, now a convicted murderer serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. His letter asked the questions that had been haunting him: who are you? How did this happen?</p><p>Through dozens of letters and prison visits, over the course of years, Wes discovered that the other Wes had had a life not unlike his own.</p><p>Told in alternating dramatic narratives, <i>The Other Wes Moore</i> takes readers from heart-wrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, and sheds a powerful light on modern America.</p><p><b>'I always walk away from a conversation with Wes Moore with a new perspective...new ideas...with a new way of seeing things...with a new burst of positive energy.' Oprah Winfrey</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781405988254

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 127 x 21 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)