Complex sentence: After a difficult start with her grandmother, Maggie finds a place for herself helping at the retirement village where Ella lives, and with the help of a blind, bedridden former Professor of English literature, finds the courage to address the reading disorder that afflicts her.
Split into simpler sentences: After a difficult start with her grandmother, Maggie finds a place for herself helping at the retirement village where Ella lives. With the help of a blind, bedridden former Professor of English Literature, Maggie finds the courage to address the reading disorder that afflicts her.