Lois Pickett is a local gossip and a friend of Beula Harridene. Lois has two children, Nancy and Bobby. Lois is an unpleasant and unhygienic woman who judges and attacks others for their private behavior but has many disgusting habits which she indulges in in secret. For instance, she is known in the town for picking her skin spots, a tendency which is reflect in her last name, Pickett. Lois cleans for Irma Almanac, but is lazy and thoughtless about Irma’s arthritis—Lois treats Irma quite roughly, which causes her pain.
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Lois Pickett Character Timeline in The Dressmaker
The timeline below shows where the character Lois Pickett appears in The Dressmaker. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
...Tilly is trying to kill her. They approach the cake stall, which is manned by Lois Pickett and Beula Harridene. Nancy Pickett sweeps the street nearby. Lois and Beula gossip together as...
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Tilly feels her legs begin to shake as she stops in front of the stall. Lois Pickett and Beula Harridene look Tilly up and down. Tilly says she will buy some of...
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Chapter 5
...dashes out of the post office and across the road, and climbs into her mother, Lois Pickett ’s, house through the bedroom window. Lois, who suffers from acne, lies in bed in...
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Chapter 10
Lois Pickett scrubs Irma’s floor as Irma watches unhappily from her chair. Lois always washes the same...
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Chapter 14
...climbs back up the Hill with her groceries. When she reaches the top, she finds Lois Pickett waiting for her on the porch. Lois has brought a dress for Tilly to mend....
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Chapter 16
...if he has a date for the evening, and Lesley jokes that he is taking Lois Pickett . At this, Mona and Lesley dissolve into laughter.
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