Griftopia

Description

Tradwife scams, pickleball mania, and the hazards of raising a viral child star …

Orphaned and separated as young children, the Freischin sisters are nothing if not survivors. Now, in middle age, Pearl is blindsided by a sexual harassment allegation, while her son Declan, a college student and track star struggling with anxiety, quits school when he becomes entangled with a young con-artist. Meanwhile, Pearl’s sister Scarlett is left penniless after her husband is imprisoned for embezzling, and Scarlett’s daughter Helena turns to pickleball coaching as a side hustle when her six-year-old child, Burkleigh-who’d achieved meteoric social media fame for her ability to sing like Billie Holiday-is canceled for appropriation.

Close to destitute, the Freischin clan is in danger of homelessness unless they can pull themselves out of financial instability. Leveraging Burkleigh’s talent, they arrive at a series of progressively dubious internet scams that lead them to an unexpected alliance.

Griftopia explores the struggles of a modern family in free fall who turn to grifting for survival.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Suzy Vitello
Published: 05/05/2026
Publisher: Sibylline Press
ISBN: 9798897400164
Pages: 360
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 0.80″ H x 8.47″ L x 5.32″ W

About the Author
Vitello, Suzy: –

Although Suzy Vitello‘s first novel, A Plot to Kill a King, never made it out of her sixth-grade classroom, writing it fueled her interest in themes of justice sprinkled with humor. In one form or another, she’s been writing about power imbalance ever since. Her notable novels include Bitterroot (Sibylline Press), The Bequest (Running Wild Press), and Faultland (Ooligan Press). As the Managing Editor of Sibylline Press, Suzy enjoys deep-diving into the minds and hearts of other writers. She lives and writes in Portland, Oregon with her husband and an elderly Rottweiler.