An expansive narrative of love and loss, time and aging, regret and learning how to live, Quality of Quantity engages successful ÒBoomersÓ with the question theyÕve been asking themselves: Was that all there was to life?
Heath, a wealthy retired executive, finds the answer to that question as he narrates his story of global travel, libertine excess, and self-discovery. Tormented by guilt since his twin sisterÕs molestation when they were ten, Heath blames himself for not protecting her. After a career of corporate and personal adventurism, he grows to understand the Western obsession with quantity, an ethos that exploits the vulnerability of the poor, the weak, and the young.
Written with plot turns reminiscent of FlynnÕs Gone Girl, the raw honesty of StrayedÕs Wild, and the unfettered structure of McCarthyÕs The Road, the novel seduces the reader with the guilty allure of a traffic accident.