Original sentence: In it, she explores her upbringing in a deeply sectarian and later war-riddled Derry, her relationship with her parents, her fears about being gay (she is a lesbian), the joy of finding a domestic haven with the love of her life, the Irish writer Nuala O'Faolain, and the pain of losing it
Edited sentence: In it, she explores her upbringing in a deeply sectarian and later war-riddled Derry, her relationship with her parents, her fears about being gay, the joy of finding a domestic haven with the love of her life, the Irish writer Nuala O'Faolain, and the pain of losing it