This book is about the 'new kids on the block' in European migration—young Southern Europeans fleeing unemployment, frustration and angst in their home countries for the more exciting and rewarding opportunities in the cities of Northern Europe, such as Berlin and London. Based on extensive field interviews in several countries, Roberta Ricucci tells the intriguing story of Europe's most recent internal migrants, following their educational, work, cultural, and lifestyle aspirations and experiences as they transition from youth to adulthood.

Russell King, University of Sussex

In a simple and accessible fashion, the book presents the complex phenomenon of the mobility of young Europeans, more particularly Italians. Simplicity does not entail simplification. Indeed, the author conveys the multiple links with the economic crisis, the education system, the labour market as well as the personal impulse, between hope, disillusionment, opportunity and resentment. She also echoes the current migratory phenomena in a mirror image which the book enables us to face while overcoming our biases.

Isabelle Felici, University Paul-Valéry