Name: Margo's got Money Troubles: The Hilarious and Unputdownable Read to Escape Into This Summer
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Author: Rufi Thorpe
ISBN: 9781399732543

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Margo's got Money Troubles: The Hilarious and Unputdownable Read to Escape Into This Summer

Type

Physical Book

Author

Rufi Thorpe

Publisher

Hodder and Stoughton

Year

2025

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

196 x 126 x 26 mm

ISBN13

9781399732543

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Synopsis "Margo's got Money Troubles: The Hilarious and Unputdownable Read to Escape Into This Summer"

Now a major Apple TV show starring Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer

As the child of an ex-pro wrestler and a Hooters waitress, Margo Millet's always known she'd have to make it on her own. When she finds herself pregnant by her English professor and in need of cash fast, she comes up with a plan: she'll start an OnlyFans as an experiment, producing content and writing storylines unlike anything else out there.

Luckily, what Margo lacks in options she makes up for in ingenuity, and before she knows it, she's an online phenomenon. Could this be the answer to all of Margo's problems, or does internet fame come with too high a price?

A whipsmart novel with a completely surprising heroine who comprehensively wins your heart . . . Rufi Thorpe has crafted a wholly original tale that manages to build a deliciously immersive fictional world full of intriguing characters while blatantly questioning notions of storytelling, and to offer serious challenges to ideas about young mothers and sex work while being wryly and often inappropriately funny. It's been snapped up for an Apple TV+ series, starring Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman, but get in first with the book - it's definitely worth savouring Thorpe's prose on the page. - The Times, Book of the Month

Wildly funny and perceptive . . . Margo's Got Money Troubles is about so much more than Margo or money, and yet is also very sharp-eyed about how central real money troubles are. I'll be thinking - and laughing - about it for a long time to come - Francesca Steele, i

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

Thorpe's literary hum has translated into a resounding roar . . . beyond Thorpe's strong characters and tight plots, what sets her apart from her peers is the gnawing philosophical tension that rests at the centre of her books . . . Thorpe allows her characters to remain flawed but bent toward redemption in this wholly entertaining, utterly endearing and thought-provoking novel that asks, "What kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?" Thorpe's novels defy easy categorization. Her characters' radiant energy and her books' knotted plots don't align with the moody atmosphere and tone poem quality of most contemporary literary fiction. Yet, these novels remain more intense and rigorous than most upmarket women's fiction. It's exhilarating to find an author who wants to tell you a good yarn, but also ask a lot of complicated questions - Lauren LeBlanc, Los Angeles Times

Endearingly chaotic, this coming-of-age tale is certain to score a passionate fanbase - Lauren Puckett-Pope, Best Books of Summer, Elle

The most captivating narrative of motherhood, sex work, point of view, and regret. I'm obsessed! - Leila Mottley, author of Nightcrawling

When I finished it, I couldn't quite believe it was over, that is how much I was completely rapt by Margo's Got Money Troubles. A brilliantly unique story, fallible and lovable characters and moments so human and hilarious that I laughed out loud multiple times. I can't quite believe this is only the first book I've read by Rufi Thorpe, because after reading her latest novel, it's clear that I need to go back and read everything she's ever written. She is a genius, after all. - Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us

An audacious, wildly funny, completely unpredictable novel by a writer so singular that it's hard to compare her to anyone else . . . An absolutely brilliant book - Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here

When she can't afford the rent, single mum Margo turns to OnlyFans, with help from her ex-pro wrestler father, flatmate and a community of the platform's content creators. Funny and self-aware. - Grazia, '12 Sizzling Reads'

A hilarious novel about making the most of what you've got. Sharp and funny by turns, this is an exceptionally tender look at young motherhood and love that also involves professional wrestling, and yes, OnlyFans. I gobbled it up. - Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here

Long after the last page of Margo's Got Money Troubles, I think of certain lines and burst out laughing. In public. This novel is damn funny, but also touching and smart and surprising and beguiling and just completely bad ass. Rufi Thorpe is truly one of one! - Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Margo's Got Money Troubles is just so good: the humor, the pathos, the redemption - every sentence, every twist of plot is wildly original and unexpected. When has such a lovable heroine ever been created? - Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter

Rufi Thorpe

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Rufi Thorpe es el nombre bajo el cual una novelista contemporánea estadounidense ha publicado obras de ficción que exploran la psicología de personajes jóvenes enfrentados a dilemas personales profundos. Su narrativa se caracteriza por un estilo introspectivo, emocional y directo, que mezcla elementos de realismo urbano con episodios de crecimiento personal. Thorpe tiende a situar a sus protagonistas en contextos cotidianos, donde situaciones aparentemente comunes se convierten en catalizadores para el cambio y la autoexploración.

Entre sus obras figura Margo tiene problemas de dinero, una novela que sigue a Margo, una joven que, al borde de la adultez, lucha por encontrar estabilidad financiera y emocional en una ciudad que parece moverse siempre un paso más rápido que ella. A través de capítulos que combinan humor, vulnerabilidad y observaciones agudas sobre la vida moderna, Thorpe invita al lector a reflexionar sobre la independencia, la amistad y cómo navegar las expectativas sociales sin perder el sentido de sí mismo. Aunque no ha recibido premios literarios importantes, su voz ha resonado con lectores que buscan historias empáticas y contemporáneas.

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