This is Barbara’s Pick for March 24th:

“The Other Wes Moore–One Name, Two Fates” by Wes Moore

“The idea that two very similar people can grow up to live two completely different lives is at the heart of the endlessly intriguing “The Other Wes Moore.” Begun when Rhodes scholar and White House Fellow Wes Moore read an article about a condemned prisoner with the same name, this story follows the free Moore into his past and that of his same-named counterpart, daring to ask what might have been with a few simple strokes of luck. Born within two years of each other, both Moores were raised in poverty and fatherless homes in Baltimore . And yet one went on to speak at the Democratic National Convention while the other is in prison for life, without parole.  The book’s most powerful moments undoubtedly come when Moore visits and interviews the other Moore in prison, where he learns how little has separated the two men’s lives.”