Complex sentence: During her grandmother's funeral rites, Cadi sees the face of the village sin-eater, a person who absolves the deceased, at death, of their sins in this tiny Smoky Mountain community.
Split into simpler sentences: During her grandmother's funeral rites, Cadi sees the face of the village, sin-eater. A person, who at death, absolves the deceased of their sins in this tiny Smoky Mountain community.