Wes Moore discusses The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

EVENT: Rainy Day Books and DeLaSalle Education Center present Wes Moore, author of the powerful and true story The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. Wes Moore is a Rhodes Scholar and a combat veteran of Afghanistan. As a White House Fellow, he worked as a special assistant to Secretary Condoleezza Rice at the State Department. He was a featured speaker at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, was named one of Ebony magazine’s Top 30 Leaders Under 30 (2007), and, most recently, was dubbed one of the top young business leaders in New York by Crain’s New York Business. He works in New York City.

DATE & TIME: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 7:00 PM

LOCATION: Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112

ADMISSION PACKAGE: Admission Tickets required. $15.00 plus Tax includes one Trade Paperback copy of The Other Wes Moore, one Stamped Admission Ticket, and one Guest Ticket (if needed). Admission Packages will be available for purchase at the door of this event beginning at 6:15 PM.

DeLaSalle Education Center supporters: This event is part of the 8th Annual Marjorie Durwood Grant Speaker series. A special reception benefitting DeLaSalle will precede this event at Unity Temple. To purchase tickets for the reception, contact DeLaSalle directly by calling (816) 561-4445, x 234, visit www.DeLaSalleCenter.org, or www.facebook.com/DeLaSalleEducationCenter . The reception begins at 5:00 p.m. Sponsorship opportunities are available for this program, for more information please call (816) 561-4445, x 234.

EVENT FORMAT: Wes Moore will discuss his book and the story behind it, answer audience questions, followed by a booksigning. A Stamped Admission Ticket is required for the Booksigning.

BOOK: The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, $15.00 Trade Paperback, ISBN 9780385528207. On sale January 11, 2011. Preorder your copy now!

Book List

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates (Paperback)

By Wes Moore

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780385528207
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Spiegel & Grau, 12/2010

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The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.

Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. 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. 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. 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.

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