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Margo's Got Money Trouble

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Margo's Got Money Trouble

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 has always known she would 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 is still figuring things out and never planned to have an affair with her English professor. 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 20, 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 she 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 has 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.

Margo's Got Money Trouble
by Rufi Thorpe

  • Publication Date: June 11, 2024
  • Genres: Fiction, Humor, Women's Fiction
  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow
  • ISBN-10: 0063356589
  • ISBN-13: 9780063356580