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The Bridge Home

Venkatraman, Padma
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contemporary fiction social realism past tense first POV ~148 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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resilient poignant melancholic

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 70
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count36,970
Page count~148 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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