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Published: Jun 30, 2009
The novelist has issued an apology [3]: "I feel this whole situation has been completely blown out of proportion…Of course, I was dismayed by Roberta Silman's review, which gave away the plot of the novel, and in the heat of the moment I responded strongly and I wish I hadn't. I'm sorry if I offended anyone. Reviewers are entitled to their opinions, and that's the name of the game in publishing. I hope my readers understand that I didn't mean to hurt anyone and I'm truly sorry if I did." In the heat of the moment? She sent two dozen Twitter messages! And her “apology” reads as if it were written with fingers crossed --- or, more probably, by others. But there’s one indisputable piece of good news here: Hoffman has closed her Twitter account.