Heaven Help Us: The Worrier's Guide to the Patron Saints

Lost your keys, your sunglasses (or perhaps your honor)?

Dear St. Anthony

Come around

Something's lost and can't be found

It's three A.M. and you're wide awake. Worrying. You may seek solace in snacking, or in a late-night call to your best friend. The problem is, even your closest friends need to sleep, and, let's face it, the snacking only adds to the worries.

Where's a worrier to turn? To the patron saints, that's who. According to centuries-old tradition, a host of heavenly helpers is standing by, ready and eager to take a personal interest in you. Heaven Help Us shows you how to take your petitions straight to the top -- to the martyrs and holy men and women who can intercede according to their particular areas of expertise:

-- Is true love eluding you? Light a candle to St. Anne on a Tuesday night

-- Are you suffering from a sore throat? Bake bread for St. Blaise

-- Is your wallet feeling light? Donate coins to St. Expiditus

Categorized by anxiety for easy reference, and filled with lively biographies of dozens of saints as well as step-by-step instructions for performing the long-established rituals to enlist their aid, Heaven Help Us has the remedies to cure all your modern-day woes.