In the Costas category was NPR’s Juan Williams last month on “Morning Edition.” He began by warmly describing her as she “sipped hot tea to sooth her overworked vocal cords.” She began by reading the first few sentences from her first chapter.

Williams added: “In fact, on the back of the book, there are some wonderful pictures of you, pictures of you from being the infant Hillary to being a young woman with huge glasses and funny hair, and of course, to the very coiffed and put-together you now. In a sense, you represent the feminine ideal for a generation of white American women.” Hillary could only demur: “I don’t know that I would say ideal.”