Complex sentence: This is the story of Ruben Santiago Jr. growing up in Lackawanna New York who was raised by his father and mother and the neighborhood boarding house lady known as Rachel "Nanny" Crosby.
Split into simpler sentences: This is the story of Ruben Santiago Jr. growing up in Lackawanna, New York. He was raised by his father and mother and the neighborhood boarding house lady known as Rachel "Nanny" Crosby.