Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Super popular right now … but it didn’t work for me.

It’s original. Very contemporary. Funny. But a bit too schmaltzy.

Margo Millet is a confident, outgoing College student — who gets involved with her older, married English professor.

Using the Rhythm Method, she gets pregnant. And decides to keep the baby.

As everyone else expected, it ain’t easy to be a naive, vulnerable, single teen mom in California.

The plot combines the struggles of single motherhood with, improbably, pro wrestling and the online porn site OnlyFans. 

Nobody wants to help Margo, until her father arrives. Jinx was a legendary professional wrestler, with a history of history of heroin and opioid addiction,.

Margo turns online sex into a type of performance art, where she is writing scripts, directing and world building.  It’s weird.

This is certainly no book for children.

The crux of the book is when the father (who had never once seen the child) divorces his wife and NOW wants full custody of the boy — since Margo is a sex worker.

There is no doubt this book gets people talking. It would be ideal for a book club discussion.

Elle Fanning will star in the planned Apple TV adaptation. With Nicole Kidman as the mom.

Elle narrates the audio book, as well.

related – Washington Post review

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