We're Going to Need More Wine

Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

By: Gabrielle Union

Narrated by: Gabrielle Union

In the spirit of Amy Poehler's Yes Please, Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman.

One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director and actor Nate Parker, Union - a 44-year-old actress who launched her career with roles in iconic '90s movies - instantly became the insightful, outspoken actress that Hollywood has been desperately awaiting. With honesty and heartbreaking wisdom, she revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault: "It is for you that I am speaking. This is real. We are real."

In this moving collection of thought-provoking essays infused with her unique wisdom and deep humor, Union uses that same fearlessness to tell astonishingly personal and true stories about power, color, gender, feminism, and fame. Union tackles a range of experiences, including bullying, beauty standards and competition between women in Hollywood, growing up in white California suburbia and then spending summers with her Black relatives in Nebraska, coping with crushes, puberty, and the divorce of her parents. Genuine and perceptive, Union bravely lays herself bare, uncovering a complex and courageous life of self-doubt and self-discovery with incredible poise and brutal honesty. Throughout, she compels us to be ethical and empathetic and reminds us of the importance of confidence, self-awareness, and the power of sharing truth, laughter, and support.

©2017 Gabrielle Union (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"As she treats listeners to her honest, soul-baring story, Union pauses during the tough moments and laughs out loud during the happy ones.... The actress's touching personal stories about race, fame, sexuality, feminism, and family leave a lasting impression." (AudioFile)

love this

I love this book! it's going to be one I read multiple times. it's so raw and real! recommend this to all women but most importantly black women.

Great great great book!

Glad I was able to hear it from her voice directly! It made her story that was being told in her own tone of voice so much better 😊

Honest

The best word to describe this book is honest. Gabrielle stories are stories that people all shades of brown can relate too. Being a women of mixed race, a "light bright", opened my eyes to be able to see & contact with the people that are a shade darker than myself. I too realized that I have been colored blind all these years. And that my story & life struggles are the same as the next brown skinned, "black" person. Thank you Gabrielle for telling your story, our story, for all the world to hear.

Wow!

This book captured me from the beginning. It was wonderfully told. What a great job!

Every woman needs to read this book!

Every woman needs to read this book! No matter what background or ethnicity this was a great book I couldn't put down.

too long

The story was ok,but I just kept going to sleep !!put on the breaks .I get this one a 6 for content.

More than relateable

Gabrielle Union just became my best friend in my head. I laughed cried screamed angered and felt that warm feeling all as I listened to this wonderful collection of stories. I truly heard the genuine reality of the author and felt like I was sitting at a cafe or restaurant chatting it up with friends playing catch up. And yes...I needed more wine!

Survivor....

This book is very relatable . It deserves 10 stars and as many rewards as possible. Its nothing like raw conversation and truth. Its definitely a must read or listen. I pray that it continues to sale and empower people to be the best that they can be. Hell, even through hard times and levels of hell in heat. Thanks.

Very real, wise, and funny

A true woman, that is loving, intelligent, naive at times as we all can be but tells hers honestly. This book is funny, a great listen and she also brings racial issues to a forefront. She explains how the need to assimilate actually feels. I appreciate her more for writing this book.

Bravo!

Ms. Union shared so much and seemed to keep it all the way real. Her experiences and learnings amounted to an interesting, touching, shocking, and sometimes funny story. I thoroughly enjoyed it.