Margo’s Got Money Troubles

by: Rufi Thorpe

Goodreads description:

A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world—from the PEN/Faulkner finalist and critically acclaimed author of The Knockout Queen. 

As the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo Millet’s always known she’d have to make it on her own. So she enrolls at her local junior college, even though she can’t imagine how she’ll ever make a living. She’s still figuring things out and never planned to have an affair with her English professor—and while the affair is brief, it isn’t brief enough to keep her from getting pregnant. Despite everyone’s advice, she decides to keep the baby, mostly out of naiveté and a yearning for something bigger. 

Now, at twenty, Margo is alone with an infant, unemployed, and on the verge of eviction. She needs a cash infusion—fast. When her estranged father, Jinx, shows up on her doorstep and asks to move in with her, she agrees in exchange for help with childcare. Then Margo begins to form a plan: she’ll start an OnlyFans as an experiment, and soon finds herself adapting some of Jinx’s advice from the world of wrestling. Like how to craft a compelling character and make your audience fall in love with you. Before she knows it, she’s turned it into a runaway success. Could this be the answer to all of Margo’s problems, or does internet fame come with too high a price? 

Blisteringly funny and filled with sharp insight, Margo’s Got Money Troubles is a tender tale starring an endearing young heroine who’s struggling to wrest money and power from a world that has little interest in giving it to her. It’s a playful and honest examination of the art of storytelling and controlling your own narrative, and an empowering portrait of coming into your own, both online and off.

Helen says: 🤓🤓🤓 3/4

Raunchy!! Reader beware…Talk about a low brow read, but I liked it! This was a nice change from the serious stuff we have been reading. This was really funny in parts. Although base in substance, there was a very likable feminist slant to this book. My final thought upon finishing was that men are pigs!

Holly says: 🤓🤓3/4

Just not for me. Margo’s got a lot more troubles than those just related to money. She obviously thinks nothing through before taking or not taking action. Kind of depressing and weird – maybe it will make a better movie? And I did read that there is to be a TV series produced by David Kelley with Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman. I’m most likely to skip that. I’m not sure who the audience for this book is, but it is obviously a very large one. It just kind of made me cringe.

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