Everyone should read this! I need her first book now

I listened to this one right after finishing We’re Going to Need More Wine…the vibe of this one is drastically different. My only gripe with WGTNMW was the constant time jumps…I prefer more linear stories especially when it’s a “life” story. This book seemed a lot more disjointed. We got a little new motherhood, a little perimenopause…a tiny bit of family life and a whole lot of justified anger. I’ve always been of the mindset that just because someone is famous they do NOT owe the public their personal life….will I read a “tell all” book and enjoy it…yes I will…but they don’t owe it to me. She starts and ends this book talking about vulnerability….but it’s not actually shown much within the stories although it is possible her and I have different ideas of what constitutes vulnerability. I had hoped for some insight into forgiveness but outside of a brief mention of Dwayne’s ability to so easily father another child and that if the same situation happened now she doesn’t think she’d take him back, that whole situation is studiously avoided. Just by her own stories the relationship seems lopsided so I don’t get it, but it’s not my relationship

Highly recommend - much more intense compared to her previous book, but still full of jokes - really talented story teller, in addition to being insightful/funny/etc

I found myself sobbing while making coffee and listening to that chapter about balance. It is an important story all women should read! But don't worry that story is in-between two hilarious stories, which had me laughing out loud.

This book restates everything the first book does… just wasn’t worth the energy to read after reading the first one

Gabrielle Union could write a book about watching paint dry and I would probably read it. I loved her first book, We're Going to Need More Wine, and definitely recommend reading it prior to picking up this one. The sheer openness and vulnerability she displays throughout this book is unreal. She talks about everything in her life: relationships, trying to conceive, motherhood, adulthood, the pandemic, parenting, her career - no stone is left unturned.

With autobiographies/memoirs, I always recommend the audiobooks and this one is no different. Union relayed her words with intent and the perfect tone that made me understand exactly what she meant.

I do advise the content of some chapters could be triggering as some chapters discuss: sexual assault, trying to conceive/miscarriage, racism.