Complex sentence: As Shug, Grady, Squeak, and Celie go quickly to the car, Albert readies to beat Celie, but she stands up on the sideboards of Grady's car and curses Albert by raising her hand in his face with a determined stare.
Split into simpler sentences: As Shug, Grady, Squeak, and Celie go quickly to the car, Albert readies to beat Celie. Celie stands up on the sideboards of Grady's car and curses Albert by raising her hand in his face with a determined stare.