Signed copy of Hailstones Fell without Rain, by Natalia Figueroa Barroso (10 of 10)

A personalised signed copy of Natalia Figueroa Barroso’s debut novel, Hailstones Fell without Rain.

Please note: this is a physical item and will only be posted within Australia. Publication date for Hailstones Fell Without Rain is 29 July 2025, and copies will be sent out shortly thereafter.

Natalia is a Uruguayan Australian writer who is part of Sweatshop and has been widely published, including in Griffith Review, Overland and Meanjin. In 2023 she was selected for the inaugural Varuna Residency for Sweatshop Writers.

Hailstones Fell without Rain is a semi-autobiographical novel that focuses on the experiences of three generations of women from one family, who are all distant or estranged from one another at the start. As the novel moves from Western Sydney to Uruguay and back again, it comes to reveal the various ways that the Uruguayan civic-military dictatorship of 1973 has impacted each character, and how buried secrets and family trauma will always resurface. This is an impressive debut whose power lies in its memorable characters, and their wise, powerful and often witty voices.