Chris's Reviews > Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe is fascinated by professional wrestling, and the literary world is a better place for it. Her new novel, MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES, is wildly funny and deeply moving. Margo, a college student, is knocked up by her smarmy, married English professor, and she decides to keep the baby. And there she discovers what a dumpster fire it is to be a 20-year-old single mom in America, especially given that her own single mother is clearly going to be useless. Thank God, she had a former professional wrestler for a dad: the guy was not involved to any great degree in raising her, but he's fallen on hard times now, moves in with her, and things begin to look up. . .especially when Margo starts getting rich from her "Only Fans" account. Ah, but then Margo's baby's father decides he wants custody, and the tension mounts along with the comedy. This novel is a delight and Margo's voice -- and Thorpe, in a deeply meta twist, offers it in both the first and Margo-written third person versions -- is a delight. Another gem from Rufi Thorpe.