In Only Daughter, which of the following inferences about the author is best supported by this passage?
I was/am the only daughter and only a daughter. Being an only daughter in a family of six sons forced me by circumstance to spend a lot of time by myself because my brothers felt it beneath them to play with a girl in public. But that aloneness, that loneliness, was good for a would-be writer—it allowed me time to think, to imagine, to read and prepare myself.
a) She visualizes being a good wife and mother one day.
b) She enjoys playing with her brothers.
c) She is glad that her father encourages her from the get-go.
d) She believes her loneliness as a child helped to make her a better writer.