<p>According to Mayan tradition, if you whisper your troubles to the Worry Dolls, they will do the worrying instead of you&mdash;therefore, it follows that Worry Dolls are the keepers of a great many secrets . . .</p>

<p>On the eve of the end of the world&mdash;according to the Mayan calendar&mdash;Mari Guarez Roselli&rsquo;s secrets are being unraveled by her daughter, Lu.</p>

<p>Lu&rsquo;s worry dolls are at-capacity as she tries to outrun the ghosts from her past&mdash;including loved ones stolen on 9/11&mdash;by traveling through her mother&rsquo;s homeland of Guatemala, to discover the painful reasons behind her own dysfunctional childhood, and why she must trust in the magic of the legend.</p>