Lily is the protagonist of the book, and the character speaking in the ad. She is about 30 years old, and was raised in a small town in Kentucky, but should speak with a General American accent. For most of her life she has been a meek and mousy woman, afraid to stand up for herself. During the events of the book, she builds the courage to leave her abusive husband, and look for her lost child who she has slivers of memories of, but her husband tells her doesn't exist.