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  1. Sep 1, 1994 · This is the case with Face of An Angel by Denise Chavez. Face of an Angel tells the story of Soveida Dosamantes, a waitress at El Farol Restaurant in the fictional New Mexican town of Agua Oscura. Soveida shares her life growing up in Agua Oscura, revealing family history and secrets, struggling with her Catholic beliefs, and finding purpose as ...

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  2. Nov 1, 1995 · Face of an Angel. Paperback – November 1, 1995. by Denise Chavez (Author) 4.1 17 ratings. See all formats and editions. Last in a long line of long-suffering women, once-divorced, once-widowed Soveida Dosamantes reflects on her 30 years as a waitress at the El Farol Mexican restaurant. Looking back, she hears a rich chorus of Latino voices ...

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  3. Jan 1, 1994 · Face of an Angel. Hardcover – January 1, 1994. The experiences of Soveida Dosamantes, a waitress at the El Farol Mexican Restaurant, parallel the book she is writing, "The Book of Service," a reflection upon women's roles in a male-dominated culture and the connection between work and family life. Book recommendations, author interviews ...

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  4. Abstract. This 1994 novel by Denise Chávez tells the story of a woman’s coming of age; that is, it portrays a woman in the process of coming into awareness and full possession of her body, intellect, and soul. The principal narrator and protagonist of Face of an Angel is Soveida Dosamantes, head waitress at El Farol Restaurant in Agua Oscura ...

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  5. Jan 1, 1994 · FACE OF AN ANGEL. Paperback – January 1, 1994. by Denise. Chavez (Author) he experiences of Soveida Dosamantes, a waitress at the El Farol Mexican Restaurant, parallel the book she is writing, "The Book of Service," a reflection upon women's roles in a male-dominated culture and the connection between work and family life.

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  6. Face of an angel. A waitress writes a handbook on waiting at tables. It is called The Book of Service and is based on her 30-year career in a Mexican restaurant in the southwest of the country. In it she meditates on the meaning of service--at work as well as in her own life--and on the role of women in a male-dominated culture.

  7. Face of an Angel. Denise Chávez. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1994 - Domestic fiction - 467 pages. Twice married, once divorced and once widowed, Soveida Dosamantes is a survivor. She is currently writing a handbook for waitresses called The Book of Service, a compendium of lessons she has learned working for thirty years at El Farol Mexican ...

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