Faith O’Brien is a beautiful young woman and the singer in the local band. She is married to Hamish O’Brien, who is also in the band and is having an affair with Reginald Blood, Dungatar’s butcher and her fellow bandmate. It is ironic that she is named Faith because she is unfaithful to her husband.
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Faith O’Brien Character Timeline in The Dressmaker
The timeline below shows where the character Faith O’Brien appears in The Dressmaker. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...is 30 miles out of town. Mr. Almanac looks through the photos he’s developing for Faith O’Brien : there are pictures of Faith with her husband, Hamish, and with the butcher, Reginald...
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...Reginald Blood’s car is parked nearby and Sergeant Farrat can see Reginald having sex with Faith O’Brien in the back seat. Faith’s husband, Hamish, is in the bar drinking with the footballers.
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Chapter 6
In Pratt’s, Reginald Blood serves Faith O’Brien at the meat counter. Faith flirts with the butcher and she can barely breathe when...
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Chapter 14
The next day, Faith O’Brien comes to see Tilly to have a dress fixed up. While Tilly works, Faith asks...
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Chapter 16
...the farm. Gertrude surveys the scene anxiously from her lounge chair and bosses Muriel around. Faith O’Brien sneaks off to meet Reginald while Hamish guards his model train set and stops children...
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