You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories (PB) (2022)

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Funny, tender, and so good." - Mindy Kaling, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Why Not Me?

Here is that rare book that will not only touch your heart, but also send you back out there to stand up for yourself and others. - Meena Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ambitious Girl

"However revealing Union is on her feed, she's even more so on the page. Blurring the line between public and private, many chapters in You Got Anything Stronger? hinge on the very act of disclosure, the moments where Union relatably brings social media more in line with real life" - The New York Times

"You Got Anything Stronger? continues the project of unshackling. It's soul-baring work." - The Washington Post

So. Where were we? Right, you and I left off in October 2017.

When I released We're Going to Need More Wine, the response was so great people asked when I would do a sequel. Frankly, after being so open and honest in my writing, I wasn't sure there was more of me I was ready to share. But life happens with all its plot twists. And new stories demand to be told.

A lot has changed in four years--I became a mom to two amazing girls. My husband retired. My career has expanded so that I have the opportunity to lift up other voices that need to be heard. But the world has also shown us that we have a lot we still have to fight for--as women, as black women, as mothers, as aging women, as human beings, as friends. In You Got Anything Stronger?, I show you how this ever-changing life presents challenges, even as it gives me moments of pure joy. I take you on a girl's night at Chateau Marmont, and I also talk to Isis, my character from Bring It On. For the first time, I truly open up about my surrogacy journey and the birth of Kaavia James Union Wade. And I take on racist institutions and practices in the entertainment industry, asking for equality and real accountability. You Got Anything Stronger? is me at my most vulnerable.