Margo's Got Money Troubles
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Margo's Got Money Troubles
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Narrated by:
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Elle Fanning
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By:
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Rufi Thorpe
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'Enormously entertaining and lovable'
Nick Hornby, New York Times
'Nonjudgmental, original and very funny; the book is warm and generous too. I loved it'
India Knight, Sunday Times STYLE
** Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley is to adapt for A24 - a TV show starring Nicole Kidman and Elle & Dakota Fanning **
Margo Millet's got money troubles. As the child of a Hooter's waitress and an ex-Pro-Wrestler, she's always known she'd have to make it on her own. When she finds herself pregnant by her college professor - who is very keen not to be involved - she realizes she will need cash fast.
At twenty, alone with a baby, what Margo lacks in options she makes up for in ingenuity, and soon she has a plan: she'll start an OnlyFans as an experiment, producing content and writing storylines unlike anything else out there. Help arrives in the form of her live-action role-playing flatmate Suzie, and her father, Jinx - a recovering addict and veteran of the wrestling world, who has experience of making an audience fall in love.
Before she knows it, Margo is an online phenomenon. Could this be the answer to all of Margo's problems, or does internet fame come with too high a price?
'An expansive, offbeat, gorgeous exploration of resilience, forgiveness and multi-generational parenthood'
Pandora Sykes
'A hilarious novel about making the most of what you've got'
Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here©2024 Rufi Thorpe (P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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- Chris N.
- 13-11-24
Works on different levels...
....Crazy funny in places but can also be read as a more serious story of a hilarious and intelligent woman who is let down, both by her own family and by the surrounding community.
Initially naive, she is able to survive and eventually thrive through her own ingenuity, while at the same time retaining a great sense of fun and a healthy self effacement.
Some well-articulated moral insight, social commentary and literary critical theory thrown in as well.
Loved it!
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- Anonymous User
- 21-04-25
Great narration
Big fan of this. A new single mother who starts an OnlyFans to make ends meet, with help from her pro-wrestler dad and her cosplay loving friend. Margo is easily one of my fave characters of all time. Very funny and heartwarming. Elle Fanning did an awesome job!
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- Bambooblinds
- 07-05-25
Real
Enjoyed this. Loved the nuanced account of how we can survive and thrive despite our families of origins, while also being able to know those family members in a different way through an adult viewfinder.
And narration was 👌
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- mirf
- 20-07-24
Wow. Totally unique & voicy.
Margo's Got Money Troubles is unlike anything I've ever read. Thorpe had created the most real, candid, lovable character in Margo, and Elle Fanning did a stunning job of bringing her to life - she genuinely feels real and so, so disarmingly, charmingly honest. What a totally fresh, unexpected, compelling story. I was rooting for Margo and Jinx and Bodhi all the way to the last beat. Some really beautiful philosophy and life wisdom subtly woven in too. Bravo, Rufi Thorpe. The only thing remotely comparable that comes to mind is Bridget Jones - yet this is squarely different and its very own, perfectly formed baby.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-07-24
Excellent
Loved this book …. Felt like I really got to know Margot …. Hoping there will be a follow up xxx
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-09-24
easy read
Easy to read, although a little strange at times. Ending was a little abrupt. Good for the beach .
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- Susie Gunning
- 19-08-24
entertaining
I liked the main character in the story margo. a young woman who was left to bring up a baby on her own who adopts her own family fir support. written with humour and a good perspective of bringing up a baby.
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- Mrs B
- 13-03-25
Amazingly funny and touching
Such a Brilliant story. Excellent narration by Elle fanning. Loved it so much! Would recommend
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- Anonymous User
- 19-01-25
The sheer joy and hope
One of the best books I’ve listened to, full of spunk and love. Engaging and griping loved every second of it
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- Mrs Susan Pittam
- 31-08-24
Wonderful
A most unusual and beautiful book - sensitive, insightful, seriously funny and weird!.
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