Complex sentence: Genie's father continued to beat her mother throughout her pregnancy, was in the hospital recovering from an attempt to beat and strangle her to death when she went into labor, but gave birth to a daughter who appeared to be healthy.
Split into simpler sentences: Genie's father continued to beat her mother throughout her pregnancy, and near the end apparently attempted to beat and strangle her to death. She was in the hospital recovering from this when she went into labor, but gave birth to a daughter who appeared to be healthy.