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Audiobooks to bring delight to the holiday season

“A Promised Land” by Barack Obama; “Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics” by Dolly Parton; “Perestroika in Paris” by Jane Smiley; and “Murder at an Irish Christmas” by Carlene O'Connor.

Escapism and hope fill the top four audiobooks of December 2020, providing comfort for listeners as the end of a difficult year approaches. An intelligent fable, a seasonally appropriate mystery, and two uplifting memoirs are the perfect stories to usher in 2021.

“A Promised Land” by Barack Obama
Read by the author; Random House Audio; 29 hours and 10 minutes

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