Wes Moore’s memoir, titled The Other Wes Moore, chronicles two lives with remarkable parallels and startling differences. He tells his own story alongside that of another young man, from his neighborhood, with his same name. The author ended up a Rhodes Scholar, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, a veteran, an accomplished businessman and author. The other Wes Moore is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for his alleged role in a robbery/murder. How do two men with comparable beginnings and early life experiences end up with such contrasting fates? That’s the question that led the author to embark on the book project, but he insists he doesn’t uncover any concrete answers. Ultimately, he suggests that the book is ultimately about "the decisive power of information and stories" to shape people's lives (182).