Descending Surfacing

This is the compendium of two of Catherine Chisnall’s novellas – ‘Descending’ and its sequel ‘Surfacing’ – in which teacher Emily has an affair with a pupil, Jamie, after sharing a hair-raising incident with him in the college elevator. Written in Catherine Chisnall’s characteristic understated and incisive prose, this story is a quiet masterpiece built around forbidden love and its consequences.About the AuthorBorn in the Midlands of England, Catherine Chisnall now lives with her husband and child in the South. She has had a varied career working in banks, libraries and charities, and, for the last 10 years, secondary and further education. The sequel to 'Descending' is 'Surfacing'. Both books have received considerable acclaim for the social realism and the sparse elegance of Catherine Chisnall's writing.