Between World War II and the 60s, before bodyguards and gossip sites, Hollywood kids could grow up in a golden normalcy, combining the perks of movie royalty with small-town protections. From those who lived it, the author recaptures a world where Daddy’s Oscar mattered, but not as much as being cool in school.

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Can I be like her when I grow up? The woman is beautiful Classic. Ages gracefully. And gets better with age.

(Long before younger generations would come to know her as “the Vogue editor in SATC”)

Candice Bergen

The actress, who lives with her daughter, Chloe, renovated a hacienda-style residence in west Los Angeles that she’d admired as a child