Can someone please rephrase this sentence? -

quot;Within the novel, Claire focus on being perceived as rich keeps her from excelling at modeling and in turn, earning the money she needs to regain her previous wealth and high societal status. |::::|In the novel, Clair put so much time and energy into appearing rich that her modeling career suffered, and she was not able to earn the wealth she needed to regain her social position. what novel is it?|::::|This is a run-on sentence with extra thoughts that do not go together, in my opinion. Claire s focus on being perceived as rich keeps her from excelling at modeling. That should be the end of the thought. |::::|try using dictionary.com. Its also a thesaurus. It really helps me write essays, and substitute certain words for other ones.