Soon to be a series from A24 & Apple TV+ starring Elle Fanning Nicole Kidman Michelle
Pfeiffer & Nick Offerman! “ Margo’s Got Money Troubles is the feel-good novel we need right
now.” — The Washington Post “[An] enormously entertaining and lovable book. ” —Nick Hornby
New York Times Book Review 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's
always known she’d 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’s still figuring things out and
never planned to have an affair with her English professor—and 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 twenty 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 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’s 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. “A wholly original novel. . . . Thorpe is both
poetic and profound in the way she brings her remarkable story to an end.” — The Associated
Press
