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“A freshman in college decides to have the baby. Her father, an ex pro-wrestler, moves in. She starts an Only Fans account. This is a SUPERB, fun, dynamic, revelatory novel. I devoured it and was so won over by Margo and her money troubles. Highly recommended for fans of Catherine Newman and Miranda July.”
— Em • A Great Good Place for Books
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“So: a professional wrestler, an unemployed teen mom, and a sex worker walk into a bar...But this isn't a setup for a long-winded joke - it's the premise of Margo's Got Money Troubles. By turns tender, bold, and comical, Thorpe's tale of a teen-mom-turned-OnlyFans-personality is a thought-provoking exploration of what it means to survive and own one's story in the face of unfavorable odds and an unsympathetic culture.”
— Ryan • Quail Ridge Books
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“I loved Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe. A freshman in college decides to have the baby. Her father, an ex pro-wrestler, moves in. She starts an Only Fans account. This is a SUPERB, fun, dynamic, revelatory novel. I devoured it and was so won over by Margo and her money troubles. Highly recommended for fans of Catherine Newman and Miranda July.”
— Em • A Great Good Place for Books
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“The warmth of Thorpe’s tone, together with the thoroughness of her imagination and the artfulness of her pacing, means that skepticism is kept at bay. She sells us on both the characters and the plot . . . [in] this enormously entertaining and lovable book.” —Nick Hornby, New York Times Book Review
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.
?“A wholly original novel. . . . Thorpe is both poetic and profound in the way she brings her remarkable story to an end.” —The Associated Press
Rufi Thorpe is the author of The Knockout Queen, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award; Dear Fang, with Love; and The Girls from Corona del Mar, which was long-listed for the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. A native of California, she currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.