MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES by Rufi Thorpe

As an unmarried nineteen-year-old with a newborn, Margo has more problems than just money.  Margo’s mother is also a single mom, but Margo’s father, former pro wrestler named Jinx, is a more active dad, even with a whole other family, than the father of Margo’s infant son.  To address her money troubles, Margo creates an OnlyFans account after viewing the content that a female wrestler has created.  I had never heard of this social media platform until I read this book, but it’s a subscription service that specializes in sexual content.  Consequently, this book is not for prudes, as Margo goes about photographing her own body parts and offering to rate her subscribers’ body parts.  Things don’t get really interesting until word gets out to various family members (no pun intended) about how Margo is making ends meet.  Then her difficulties increase exponentially, yielding an anxiety-inducing read, as she faces the prospect of losing custody of her child.  This worrying possibility is definitely not funny, and although the tone of the book is fairly light, I would not classify this novel as humorous.  I have to say that I like the idea of his book better than the actual book.  The author successfully makes the point that sex workers, especially those like Margo who are basically selling pornography without ever having a sexual encounter, can still be responsible and loving parents.