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wanted to give this four but, . . Ill be honest: if you werent that crazy about Gabrielle Union before, this book probably wont help, Overall, this was a more honest read than I was expecting, There were times I literally laughed out loud and what she says about raising Black sons is spot on,

Its clear by the end of the book that there were certain topics she wasnt going to speak on and thatsher right.
I felt it did a disservice to the reader to omit those items, but beyond that this read will solidify your opinion either way about the actress.
Were going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union, abook, but still very timely, is a collection of essays, Not so much a memoir, which turned out to be just fine in this case,

I never knew much about Gabrielle Union other than she is an actress on shows I mostly didnt watch, After reading Were Going to Need More Wine, I have decided I need to know more about Gabrielle!

Her essays were so smartly written and had me laughing, tearing up, and everything in between! I would refer to Gabrielle as an intuitive empath.
Shes been through “stuff” and is therefore able to extend her empathy and understanding to far reaches, without projecting judgment, Im always pleased when a smart, strong woman writes about things I think are relevant, We need more!

Gabrielle is open and honest about her upbringing and happenings along the way, which made her essays impressionable, I will follow this bright star to see where she is headed, I should mention I listened to this book in audio format, I would highly recommend that, as it is read by Gabrielle herself! A very welldone audio book!

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I love Gabrielle Union!

I love her movies, I love her show, I loved this book, and I love her as a person.


Gabrielle or Nickie as her her friends and family know her, has been my friend in my head for years, I obviously don't know her in real life but I've always felt that if I met her I would like her, This book has confirmed it,

We're Going To Need More Wine is honest, funny as hell, raw, and smart just like the woman herself, This isn't a memoir or autobiography so if that's what interests you this isn't your book, We're Going To Need More Wine is a collection of essays that touch on pivotal moments in her life, I prefer essays over memoirs, because honestly I don't care about where you we're born or what elementary school you attended unless its a supercool storyits usually not.


So if you love Gabrielle Union,

Read this book,

If you love books written by strong women about strong women,

Read this book,

If you just enjoy hilarious and honest storytelling,

Read this book,

Basically

READ THIS BOOK! I was kind of surprised by how honest and transparent Gabrielle was in this collection of essays.
It is important to note that these are essays so don't expect a full memoir, and with that being said, not all details of her life were given and some things were completely left out.
Some essays are hysterical, some are heartbreaking, and others hit close to home, We're Going to Need More Wine is the perfect title as this book touched on a number of topics from growing up black in a predominantly white community, relationships, sex, racism, the pressure of dealing with public perception, friendships, and most importantly, the freedom one can feel when they decide to truly be themselves.
This was such a great, easy read that I finished it in one day, I had never heard of Gabrielle Union before deciding to read her book, I was honestly interested because I love autobiographies and I loved her title, so I assumed it had to be good, The book turned out to be really great, I enjoyed reading it and she shared some really powerful stories, She never dragged on and the book "flew by, "

"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, Uniona fortyfouryearold actress who launched her career with roles in iconics moviesinstantly 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 selfdoubt and selfdiscovery with incredible poise and brutal honesty.
Throughout, she compels us to be ethical and empathetic, and reminds us of the importance of confidence, selfawareness, and the power of sharing truth, laughter, and support.
" With Were Going to Need More Wine, the talented, superbly cool actress Gabrielle Union gets real in a collection of truelife tales that is as wise as it is unfiltered.
Beginning with her childhood in a predominantly white Californian suburb, Union takes us through the mishaps and triumphs of a bright career, from cagily finding success in Hollywood to overcoming professional disappointment to assumingand excelling ata role as an advocate for victims of sexual abuse.
Heroic and hilarious, Unions voice rings true whether shes recounting an impromptu party thrown by Prince or describing the importance of mentoring young black actresses.
Pour one out for us, please,

Read more at sitelink bookofthemonth. com/wereg If you are looking for a memoir in the strictest sense, this is not that book, If you are seeking a book of essays in the sense of argument presentation, again this is not that book, And that's a good thing, because what this is, as the subtitle states are stories from the accomplished Gabrielle Union, which works out absolutely fine.
And these stories run the gamut from the personal to the professional, She tells stories about race, gender, feeling inadequate, hair, colorism, homophobia, Hollywood, sexuality, school, college, stepparenting, marriage, divorce and even rape, She manages to tell these stories with a fearlessness that entertains as well as informs, Like a highwire act with no safety net,

Gabrielle comes across as a very thoughtful, likable, brave and funny woman, one that I think

readers would indeed enjoy a glass of wine with.
There are of course elements of memoir, as she takes us through her school years growing up in the suburbs of California, one of the few Black girls in her schools of Pleasanton, CA.
There are also elements of essay, like the chapter called Mittens which deals with how Blacks are perceived and policed, and how we often go out of our way to make accommodations to those perceptions.
In reference to this she says, "Worse, I am told that people dont want to hear these stories, but the reality is we experience life in a neverending loop in which we are told that if we just “make it,” we will enjoy the fruits of our labor: assimilation.
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But what makes this book special are the stories and the way she tells them, And digesting the stories on the whole, we see her blossom into the confident audacious and vivacious woman she is presently, She wasn't always the beautiful woman we think of, when we hear the name Gabrielle Union, In fact she describes herself at an early age,"I was so thin that I looked like a black daddy longlegs spider with buckteeth.
This is not overly earnest, falsehumility celebrity speak, I swear, "It is those type of selfdeprecating comments along with the willingness to bare it all that portends an air of authenticity, If you are a fan, you will become a bigger fan and if you're not than surely you will become one after reading these stories from Gabrielle Union.
Thanks to Edelweiss and Dey St, books for an advanced ebook, Book drops. I really wish that Lena Dunham's name would stop being dropped when talking about feminist books, I haven't read Dunham's book because everytime she opens her mouth, she shows me that she isn't a feminist, Why she is consider the standard I have no friggin idea,

If you want a book that is really by a feminist and someone with a brain, this is the book for you.
I can't say that I have seen every movie or tv show in Union's body of work, but she is one of those actors who I always seriously consider seeing a film simply because she is in it.
Quite frankly, Deliver Us From Eva is the only version of Taming of the Shrew that ties with Moonlight's, But more importantly, Union has long had my respect simply for her vocal support and work in women's issues, She has been speaking about rape, for example, long before the MeToo movement took Hollywood,

This book is reall a collection of essays about her life, Union is honest she doesn't always come off well in these stories for instance there is the bit about the imatation crab and, more importantly, when she writes about her use of the word "faggot".


What Union does is use her personal experience, in many cases, to make larger comments about society or about Hollywood, Her story about parties with Prince is really about how important networking is, why Hollywood is so inclusive and why Prince's networking was so important.
She mourns Prince but also makes larger points, Her essay about raising her stepchildren deals with raising young, tall black men in a majority rich, white neighborhood, Her passage about the family's home in Chicago is really wonderful,

At times the stories are funny like her story about the teen who wanted to beat her up at times they are horrible and sad she details her rape and a death of a friend.
They are always interesting highlighting differences in places, cultures, how people view drugs, and why everyone seems to care about a woman's utereus and why they shouldn't.


Honesty, how can you not want to read a book that includes an oath with Judy Blume in it

I would especially reccomend this book if you enjoyed Carrie Fisher's books.
Union and Fisher have much in common, I just read this whole book inhours insitting, It was so honest. So vulnerable. So real. Also funny. Could not have been easy to write cuz she really puts herself on the stand, This is so good. Loved it. Gabby did that! My earliest independent reading memories involve biographies and memoirs, In second grade I got to take home a rolled up timeline because I read the most biographies of anyone in my class, There are large volumes that require much of my time, but in the last few months I have noticed that celebrity written memoirs have replaced mysteries as my go to genre that I enjoy in between denser reads.
I enjoy reading about the person away from the glitz and the glamor and find out what he or she is about in real life.
One of the members of the nonfiction book club had mentioned reading Were Going to Need More Wine, and my curiosity was whetted, I follow both the author and her husband on social media, so with this recommendation in hand, I ventured to discover the Gabrielle Union off camera.


Gabrielle Union is the current title character of Being Mary Jane, a devoted wife, stepmother, and mother, and a spokesperson for rape and domestic abuse victims as well as for the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Awareness Fund.
One could say that she has cracked the mythical glass ceiling and has it made, but she came from humble roots and still appears at least on paper to be the same person after achieving fame and fortune.
Union, who went by the moniker Nickie, grew up in the predominately white town of Pleasanton, California, She could count on both hands the number of people of color in her inner circles of friends, and at a certain point, she ceased to be “black” to her white friends because she acted “normal.
” To counter becoming too white, Union spent her teenage summer vacations at her maternal grandmothers home in North Omaha, Nebraska, There she stayed on the cutting edge of African American culture, yet also came face to face with the gang membership and drug usage plaguing the teens of her community.
Determined not to be another statistic, the summer visits eventually stopped but not before Union saw the schism between black and white teens for herself.


Union openly tells readers about her trials and tribulations of adolescence: her changing body, dating, both the relationships she had as well as encouraging safe intercourse for teenagers.
The event that she would not let her define herself by occurred on a summer home from college working at a Payless Shoes store.
One night, she was raped, leading to years of post traumatic stress and therapy, Rather than becoming known as a victim, Union uses every speaking opportunity she has to speak out against rape and encourages survivors to report the violence to police as well as seek treatment for themselves.
Although Union did discover much later the importance of advocating for herself first, she has through her platform advised women to look out for themselves first, which is noble in her role as both an advocate and mentor.


As a member of black Hollywood, Union moves in rarefied air, She got her break in movies “Ten Things I Hate About You” and “Bring It On, ” Both movies are considered cult classics today, especially Bring It On, about rival high school cheerleading squads vying for a state championship trophy, which I admit to watching many times the year it came out.
These movies, however, were primarily for white audiences mainstream Hollywood remains a lily white community, For black actors and actresses to achieve, Union advocates mentorship, leading to more roles and leadership positions for people who look like them, Judging from the recent success of films like “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Green Book,” it seems as though the members of Unions Hollywood circle have empowered a younger generation of actors to achieve more than stardom in black cult movies.
Hopefully, that divide will crack more in coming years as Hollywood becomes more and more color blind,

Today Union and basketball player Dwayne Wade make up a power couple visible to millions on social media circles, This was not always the case for either of them as they both suffered through messy first marriages and a myriad of bad relationships before finding each as soul mates.
In her role as a stepmother to black teenagers, Union has advised her boys how to navigate America, even as much as quoting TaNahisi Coates “Between the World and Me” to the boys school principal in an attempt to have him see the world from her shoes.
Even though Union and Wade and their children are in the public eye, they are still African American, While many are color blind, unfortunately, there are many people in this world who are not color blind to crime, Yet, the UnionWade family is doing their part to help break down these barriers,

After years of failed fertility treatments, Gabrielle Union is now a proud mother to Kaavia James Wade, If you have seen her pictures on social media, she is a cute one, and her mother and father are doting parents, With crazy schedules and social media watching their every move, Union and Wade both try to stay as grounded as possible, From the outside looking in, this seems evident to me by the way they are raising their children to advocate for themselves, to be aware of themselves as African American males growing up in the United States.
Union has taken her Hollywood platform to great heights as an advocate, mentor, and spokesperson for various causes, It has been eye opening and enlightening to read her memoir, and I wish her nothing but the best in the years to come.


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