Complex sentence: Beth makes several constrained attempts to appeal to Conrad for some semblance of normality, but she's cold and unaffectionate towards him while still only interested in getting back to "normal" than in helping her son heal.
Split into simpler sentences: Beth makes several constrained attempts to appeal to Conrad for some semblance of normality, but she's cold and unaffectionate towards him. She's consistently more interested in getting back to "normal" than in helping her son heal.