Ilaria
The Unbothered Girl
Marigold, bright and loud, also the flower of remembrance
Cheerful, joyful. From hilaris, the same root as hilarious.
Her season
She is genuinely funny and genuinely fine. And sometimes the joke is the shield. Both are true.
What makes her, her
She comes in with a bit, not her feelings. Her humor works so well that nobody ever asks the follow-up question.
I'm Fine. It's Fine. Everything's Fine.
A Merry Heart Doeth Good Like A Medicine Proverbs 17:22
Laughing Through It
Her companion
Worst week of my life. Anyway, wait till I tell you what happened at the DMV.
Ilaria made everybody laugh through the worst year of her life and nobody asked if she was okay. She learned she had to say the real thing out loud at least once, to one person.
What she's here for: Funny and not fine, at the same time.
A few of her words
- I am allowed to be funny and not fine at the same time.
- Somebody should be checking on me too.
- I am fine. And when I am not, I am allowed to say so.
Ilaria asks
Who would you tell the real version to, if you told anyone?
The Ilaria Collection
Read her story
Ilaria is one of the five women who tell Death Ain't a Receipt, the first Versions of HER novel. Two wives showed up to a funeral, and Ilaria knows more than she's saying.
Get the teaWalk with Ilaria
Hold it in your hands, or let her companion write back to you. Or both. You'll see the price and everything that's included before you buy.