well, then, were you insinuating she slandered?
how is it an embarrassment?
No. I am arguing in the alternative - that offensive though they may be, the maximum legal recourse is not a ban on the sale of the books, but a lawsuit for slander or defamation of character.
"If A" does not mean A is true - it just means assume A is true for the sake of considering "A----->B."
Everyone who hears the comment without a long, detailed explanation to frame it in a very favorable light thinks the comment is over-the-top. That most certainly makes it an embarassment.