Kaavya's novel withdrawn from outlets

After nearly a week of controversy, Kaavya Viswanathan's publishers have finally recalled her debut novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life from bookstores all across the United States. Her Publisher, Michael Peitsch for Little Brown and Company said in a statement in New York on Thursday that a notice has been sent to "retail and wholesale accounts asking them to stop selling copies of the book and to return unsold inventory to the publisher for full credit."