MARGO's GOT MONEY TROUBLES by Rufi Thorpe - REVIEW

 


I fell in love with Rufi Thorpe after reading TheKnockoutQueen (Vintage) and couldn't wait for her next novel. It's arrived and time to celebrate. Margo'sGotMoneyTroubles (WilliamMorrow) has been published and it's as smart and wickedly funny as "Knockout" - perhaps more.

Margo doesn't have anything working for her. She dropped out of college, because her professor got her pregnant not knowing what it takes to be a parent, she naively decides to keep the baby with no job prospects which means no money. 

Margo can't count on any help from her mother. She's searching for a meal ticket and a life of her own. Margo has never met her father, a professional wrestler named Jinx. On the eve of her eviction, dad shows up and offers childcare for a place to stay.

Margo comes up with a plan to make money. She creates an OnlyFans website. Using some of her father's suggestions from the wrestling world she creates a highly likeable character and it's a success. But fame and fortune come with a high price Margo's not sure she can handle.

Margo's Got Money Troubles is a delightful story you'll want to tell all your friends about. You'll find yourself rooting for Margo and all of the other quirky characters in this novel.

I can't wait to read what Rufi writes next.



  • 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.

  • Rufi's writes on her website that her next novel is about "unruly thoughts and unruly bodies, about violence and love, about doing the wrong thing for the right reasons and the drag of human being. You won't be able to look away. You might even recognize yourself.”
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  • A native of California, she currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.

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