Complex sentence: The maids are reluctant to cooperate, afraid of retribution from their employers and the Anti-Civil Rights movement, but Aibileen eventually agrees, becoming emotionally attached to the project as it allows her to find closure on the death of her son four years previously.
Split into simpler sentences: The maids are reluctant to cooperate, afraid of retribution from their employers and the Anti-Civil Rights movement, but Aibileen eventually agrees. Aibileen becomes emotionally attached to the project as it allows her to find closure on the death of her son four years previously.