Ana (73) and Enriqueta (she doesn't want to give her age, but admits she's close to 80) leave the Cultura Artesana library (La Misericordia) with a book by Susanna Tamaro in their bags. They are both part of a reading club that started recently, and which focuses especially on older people who don't have the habit of reading. When asked how it's going, they both chat nonstop, simultaneously, excited. "It's hard for me, but I understand more and more. I'll never give up," says Ana while happily kicking her boots. "You have to write that I've only missed it once because I had a Catalan exam," she adds proudly—she's from Córdoba—before heading off to yoga. These women exemplify what libraries are all about today. "They are a space for community around books, a place where we meet others," says Carolina Guayta, director of the Can Salas library.