First published by 3TimesRebel Press in 2023, our second year of existence.
Title: The Dear Ones by Berta Dávila
Original title: Os seres queridos
Copyright © Berta Dávila, 2022
Published with special arrangements with The Ella Sher
Literary Agency
Originally published by Edicións Xerais de Galicia, S.A.
Translation from Galician: Copyright © Jacob Rogers, 2023
Design and layout: Enric Jardí
Illustrations: Anna Pont Armengol
Editing and proof reading: Greg Mulhern, Carme Bou, Bibiana Mas
Maria-Mercè Marçal’s poem Deriva:
© heiresses of Maria-Mercè Marçal
Translation of Maria-Mercè Marçal’s poem Deriva:
© Dr Sam Abrams
Author photograph: © Adela Dávila
The translation of this book is supported by Acción Cultural Española, AC/E
Printed and bound by TJ Books, Padstow, Cornwall, England
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-7398236-8-9
eBook ISBN: 9781-7393236-9-6 / 978-1-7391287-4-6
Berta Dávila, and Jacob Rogers, have asserted their moral rights to be identified respectively as the Author and the Translators of this work.
All rights reserved. Reprinting, online posting or adaptation of the whole or any part of this work without the prior written permission of the Publisher is prohibited except for short quotations as allowed by law in fair use in such as a review.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.