Of Love and Other Demons

The title of the novel stands out a little more than before.. Sierva Maria was thought of as a body possessed by demons, which is in the title. This twelve year old girl has been through too much. She has been burned, forced to take enemas and other things that can possibly cure her sickness. Although they believe she is being helped it really has the opposite effect. It is sad because the Marquis desperately wants to save her but does not know where to turn. Her mother on the other hand does not have any interest in saving the girl.