'This is a historical document': A humble school project turns into book revealing decades-old secrets SunSunday 14 updated SunSunday 14 MarMarch 2021 at 9:40pm Matilda Rees says she can't wait to visit Italy with her nonna Rosa after reading her book. ( Share Print text only Cancel When 11-year-old Matilda Rees interviewed her Italian nonna for a school project, she had no idea that the story of her life would turn into a 107-page book. Her grandmother, Rosa Criniti, was more than happy to discuss her childhood in the southern Italian village of Santa Caterina dello Ionio — in the arch of the foot of the Italian Peninsula — with her granddaughter.