title: We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True
author:  Gabrielle Union 
description: &#8220;[Gabrielle Union&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;s radical awareness.&#8221; (<strong>Lena Dunham, Lenny Letter</strong>)<br /><br />&#8220;searing and powerful&#8221; (<strong><em>Washington Post</em></strong>)<br /><br />&#8220;<em>We&#8217;re Going to Need More Wine</em> is a collection of funny and emotional essays...Union gets real about everything&#8221; (<strong><em>USA Today</em></strong>)<br /><br />&#8220;stunning...an affirmation of [Union&#8217;s] uncanny insight and profound capacity for empathy.&#8221; (<strong><em>Entertainment Weekly</em></strong>)<br /><br />&#8220;Moving&#8221; (<strong><em>Glamour</em></strong>)<br /><br />&#8220;[A] thought-provoking, funny, tell-it-like-it-is essay collection&#8221; (<strong><em>Cosmopolitan</em></strong>)<br /><br />&#8220;I have gotten the pleasure to know Gabrielle over the years and besides the fact that she loves to drink, I&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;s older than me . . . Go, girl.&#8221; (<strong>Chelsea Handler, #1 <em>New York Ti</em>mes bestselling author of <em>Uganda Be Kidding Me</em></strong> <strong><em></em></strong>&#160;)<br /><br />&#8220;I love this woman and her book.&#8221; (<strong>Mindy Kaling, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Why Not Me?</em></strong>)<br /><br />&#8220;<em>We&#8217;re Going to Need More Wine </em>is honest, raw, and funny. Union&#8217;s vulnerability about her flaws and mistakes, and also pride in her triumphs, will not only make you feel as though you&#8217;re seeing yourself reflected, but will also inspire you to be your most authentic self.&#8221;<br/> (<strong>Phoebe Robinson, <em>New York Times</em></em> bestselling author of <em>You Can&#8217;t Touch My Hair</em></em></strong>)<br /><br />&#8220;A hilarious and moving memoir from a natural storyteller. Gabrielle Union explores love, family, trauma and&#160;racial identity in a book that somehow manages to be both heartbreakingly honest and laugh-out-loud funny.&#8221; (<strong>Brit Bennett, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of </strong><strong><em>The Mothers</em></strong> </em>)
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  CHRISTINA DODD
  
   _In My Wildest Dreams_
  
  ![logo](perfectbound%20logo%20final%20w_o.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  _To Donna Nasker,_  
   _one of the funniest, kindest women in the world_  
   _and my best wine-drinking buddy._  
   _(I understand many of the bottles have corks now.)_  
    
   _And to Jerry Nasker—_  
   _may your carburetor never hang lower than your tailpipes._  
    
   _Thanks, guys, we treasure your friendship._
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  [Announcement](In%20My%20Wildest%20Dreams_split_003.htm#ann)
  
  [Prologue](In%20My%20Wildest%20Dreams_split_004.htm#pro)
  
  [1](In%20My%20Wildest%20Dreams_split_005.htm#_RWTOC-1) “Garrick, you must tell
  me—who is that beautiful lady . . .
  
  [2](In%20My%20Wildest%20Dreams_split_006.htm#_RWTOC-2) Throckmorton watched as
  Ellery craned his head,
  
  [3](In%20My%20Wildest%20Dreams_split_007.htm#_RWTOC-3) “Didn’t I tell you,
  Garrick?”
  
  [4](In%20My%20Wildest%20Dreams_split_008.htm#_RWTOC-4) Celeste had dreamed of
  this moment every night of her life.
  
  [5](In%20My%20Wildest