Gabrielle Union is an actress and activist and author of the New York Times bestselling essay collection We're Going to Need More Wine. She starred as the titular character in the critically acclaimed drama Being Mary Jane on BET and is also a former judge on America's Got Talent. She is an outspoken activist for women's reproductive health, victims of sexual assault, and worker's rights, and is currently an Ambassador in Susan G. Komen for the Cures Circle of Promise and a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood's breast health initiative. She has also served on President Barack Obamas National Advisory Committee for Violence Against Women.
“[Gabrielle Union’s] written a book of essays as raw and honest as
anyone has ever produced. In this fantastic book, she discusses
everything from sexual assault to the complexity of money in
relationships to infertility (plus all the extra gossip you crave).
Gab has not only excused the demons of her two-decade career, but
she’s turned the exercise into primal scream therapy for her fans.
As witty, warm, and assured on the page as she is in person, this
book lives somewhere between Nora Ephron and Eve Babitz, with a
touch of Audre Lorde’s radical awareness.” — Lena Dunham, Lenny
Letter
“searing and powerful” — Washington Post
“We’re Going to Need More Wine is a collection of funny and
emotional essays...Union gets real about everything” — USA
Today
“stunning...an affirmation of [Union’s] uncanny insight and
profound capacity for empathy.” — Entertainment Weekly
“Moving” — Glamour
“[A] thought-provoking, funny, tell-it-like-it-is essay collection”
— Cosmopolitan
“I have gotten the pleasure to know Gabrielle over the years and
besides the fact that she loves to drink, I’ve always taken comfort
in how much we have in common. The predilection to go from talking
about the latest humiliating sexual position to a debate on
politics or racism, that’s exactly what this book felt like to me,
an honest conversation with Gabrielle about her life. I appreciate
her integrity, love her humor and openness about her life. I also
love the fact that she’s older than me . . . Go, girl.” — Chelsea
Handler, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Uganda Be Kidding
Me
“I love this woman and her book.” — Mindy Kaling, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of Why Not Me?
“We’re Going to Need More Wine is honest, raw, and funny. Union’s
vulnerability about her flaws and mistakes, and also pride in her
triumphs, will not only make you feel as though you’re seeing
yourself reflected, but will also inspire you to be your most
authentic self.”
— Phoebe Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of You Can’t
Touch My Hair
“A hilarious and moving memoir from a natural storyteller.
Gabrielle Union explores love, family, trauma and racial
identity in a book that somehow manages to be both heartbreakingly
honest and laugh-out-loud funny.” — Brit Bennett, New York Times
bestselling author of The Mothers
“With honesty and humor, Union bares her soul and shares her levels
of insecurity, the difficulties of being a black woman in
Hollywood, and the way fame has changed her life. She embraces many
multilayered issues in these intimate essays, giving readers
glimpses of insight into her soul.” — Kirkus Reviews
“[Gabrielle] Union is warm, outspoken, laugh-out-loud funny…This is
sure to be a crowd-pleaser, and deservedly so.” — Booklist
(Starred Review)
“This sparkling book collects amusing and heartbreaking stories
from the life of actress Union...[her] no-holds-barred essays and
intimate voice will appeal to her fans as well as those less
familiar with her work.” — Publishers Weekly
“Union invites readers into her world with honesty, grit, and
grace. A much-needed addition to the endless catalog of celebrity
memoirs.”
— Library Journal (starred review)
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