Is the Dead Better Than the Living? From Cradle to Grave — A Novel of Finding Meaning in the Struggle

A Story of Suffering, Reflection, and Hope

De: Jeff Cliff

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

What if the greatest question of life is not how to live… but whether life is worth living at all?

Born into a world he never chose, Emeka grows up in a home where walls are thin, money is scarce, and dreams feel like luxuries. From childhood humiliation to youthful heartbreak… from crushing comparisons to relentless survival… his life becomes a quiet battle against despair.

As setbacks mount and hope thins, a haunting question follows him:

Is the dead better than the living?

Through loss, failure, and nights of silent tears, Emeka begins a journey not outward, but inward — into graveyards, chance encounters with strangers, and conversations that reveal painful truths about suffering, endurance, and meaning.

Central Question:

Is it better to have lived and struggled — or never to have lived at all?

The story explores life’s hardships, disappointments, betrayals, failures, sickness, poverty, broken dreams — and asks whether existence itself is a gift or a burden. Through storytelling, reflections, and character experiences, the book compares:

The Living:

Struggle, hope, fear, ambition, pain, faith, uncertainty, responsibility.

The Dead:

Silence, rest, freedom from suffering, no desires, no disappointment — but also no love, no growth, no victory.

But in the midst of hardship, he discovers unexpected teachers:

• A laughing child who knows joy without reason
• An old woman who has buried everything yet still smiles
• A broken man on a bridge standing at life’s edge

Each encounter pushes him closer to an answer — not given easily, but earned slowly.

This is not a story of sudden miracles or overnight success.

It is the story of what it truly means to stay alive when life hurts — and how scars can become strength, pain can become wisdom, and survival can become purpose.

If you’ve ever:

• Felt exhausted by life’s weight
• Wondered if your struggles have meaning
• Smiled while breaking inside
• Questioned whether hope still exists

Then this story will speak directly to your heart.


The dead may rest.
But the living still have chapters left to write.

Discover Emeka’s journey in:

Is the Dead Better Than the Living?
From Cradle to Grave — A Story of Suffering, Reflection, and Hope