We’re Going to Need More Wine

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We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union

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November 23, 2020 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I read We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union for my last in-person Mocha Girls Read meeting in March. This memoir is a collection of moments that are mostly linear with some flashbacks. Unlike Becoming, the chapters are not as detailed about her early childhood. The book is all about keeping it real and reflecting on her past with levity. We learn about her family and how she at a young age she looked after herself. With no supervision, Gabrielle got up to some […]

An Uncomfortably Honest Memoir/Essay Collection

April 5, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I’ve always liked Gabrielle Union. I haven’t exactly followed her career, and didn’t even realize she had a television series, but whenever I see her in a preview or realize she is in a movie I am interested in, I always view it as a positive. I also know she played teenagers for a good portion of her career because she is genetically blessed, and I also thought her story line in Think Like a Man was ridiculous because of all the guys in that […]

We’re Going to Need More Wine (And a Bucket to Hold My Tears from Laughing and Crying)

January 10, 2018 by Beth Ellen 1 Comment

I’ve loved Gabrielle Union since 10 Things I Hate About You. I was the perfect age when it came out, and my friends and I as teenagers rented it from Blockbuster over and over and over again. I’ve always had such a soft spot for her, and have been thrilled that she’s had steady work for most of her career. I listened to this audiobook in less than 2 days. It’s sooooooo good. Everyone go get it. Gabrielle Union reads it. I’ll wait. It’s Gabrielle […]

“This kind of feels like a first date. I have that same feeling you get five minutes before you meet the other person, when you’re giddy about where things might go.”

November 19, 2017 by Caitlin_D 1 Comment

This was by far one of the best books I have read this year. I didn’t expect Isis from Bring It On to deliver such a powerful memoir that touches on topics stemming from race and sexual assault to rom-coms. Gabrielle Union was ubiquitous in the 2000s, or at least my 2000s, as the friend of the lead in movies like 10 Things I Hate About You and the aforementioned Bring It On before segueing into meatier roles in movies that catered more to African American […]

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