Come Wind, Come Weather

by Dauphne Du Maurier

The author tells how the communist government has handled the Protestant church in China

Genres: Nonfiction, Short Stories

84 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1940

Reviews

[Amanda]

A short book of preachy moralizing tales, essentially Du Maurier’s part in moral re-armament during the war. Not a crucial book for her fans to read.

[Totos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fix your hearts, or die. An alternative title.

[Morten Vindberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Small episodes about British people and their way of managing the fact that their country once again has come at war with Germany. One clear message is that if a war is to be won, selfishness and self-sufficiency must first be overcome. There are also strong personal points of views from Du Maurier and it is worth recognizing and appreciating that hatred against the aggressor is at no point a theme. As always when it comes to Du Maurier, everything very well-written.

[Linda Orvis · Rating 2 out of 5]

du Maurier wrote several books of short stories. The Birds, Kiss Me Again Stranger, and Don't Look Now, were made into movies. It was interesting to read "The Birds," because it showed how many liberties Hollywood takes with books and stories.

[Tracey]

This book is about the Moral Re-Armament movement of WWII era and beyond. It sold 650,000 copies in Great Britain.

[Petra · Rating 1 out of 5]

Urgh - I didn’t expect this. I’ve not read much du Maurier yet, but I’ve liked what I read so far. So this short book of stories was such a disappointment.
All the stories are based around moral re-armament, which was a big thing between the wars to encourage people to be more community minded. Fair enough - we could all do with some moral re-armament! But du Maurier’s examples were all based on accepting that God knows best and that we should listen to our inner good selves, which is God speaking to us.
This read like those types of moral books that Sunday schools would give out as prizes. Simplistic, mawkish and incredibly worthy and dull.
I shall try not to let this put me off of the big stack of du Maurier that’s waiting on my tbr pile!

[Anthony Batterton · Rating 1 out of 5]

A great author doing her conventional worst for the war effort. I've rarely read such simplistic moralistic tripe. The lesson of every vignette is that every problem can be vanquished by rejecting selfishness and doing everything cheerfully and uncomplainingly.

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a strange little book of patriotic fables, designed to inspire civic duty and good spirits of British citizens during WWII. The stories read more like advertisements or PSAs than they do actual fiction.

[A. Macbeth’s bks · Rating 1 out of 5]

My year of reading Daphne du Maurier.
This was her pamphlet in support of the British WWII effort.

[Noël]

Wartime propaganda.