Complex sentence: She was heartbroken to discover that it was just a false alarm and later in the year she tried to persuade Michelle Fowler to give her daughter Vicki up for adoption, so she could look after her.
Split into simpler sentences: She was heartbroken to discover that it was just a false alarm. Later in the year she tried to persuade Michelle Fowler to give her daughter Vicki up for adoption, so she could look after her.