01of 10Earl ThiesenIn a memoir about his mother,Audrey At Home,the star’s youngest son, Luca Dotti, shares the actress’s favorite recipes,intimate memoriesand family photos.“I wanted to connect these two parts, the public and the private Audrey,” he tells PEOPLE. “I hope it will give new insights into her. The most special thing about her was how normal she was. She never spoke about life as a fashion icon, her career as an actress, or her history. She lived her life as she wanted to.“Here, Hepburn is photographed in the kitchen of her Beverly Hills apartment in 1953, while she was filmingBreakfast at Tiffany’s.
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Earl Thiesen
In a memoir about his mother,Audrey At Home,the star’s youngest son, Luca Dotti, shares the actress’s favorite recipes,intimate memoriesand family photos.
“I wanted to connect these two parts, the public and the private Audrey,” he tells PEOPLE. “I hope it will give new insights into her. The most special thing about her was how normal she was. She never spoke about life as a fashion icon, her career as an actress, or her history. She lived her life as she wanted to.”
Here, Hepburn is photographed in the kitchen of her Beverly Hills apartment in 1953, while she was filmingBreakfast at Tiffany’s.
02of 10Courtesy Harper Collins"She had a naturally slim physique,” says Luca of his mom in Italy in 1968.
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Courtesy Harper Collins
“She had a naturally slim physique,” says Luca of his mom in Italy in 1968.
03of 10Courtesy Harper CollinsLuca’s 1st birthday party in Rome with his father, Andrea Dotti, and his mom in 1971. For birthdays and special occasions, Hepburn often served her favorite dense dark chocolate cake. “She adored chocolate,” says Luca. “She had a little every day.”
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Luca’s 1st birthday party in Rome with his father, Andrea Dotti, and his mom in 1971. For birthdays and special occasions, Hepburn often served her favorite dense dark chocolate cake. “She adored chocolate,” says Luca. “She had a little every day.”
04of 10Courtesy Harper CollinsAudrey “always wanted to be a mom,” says Luca, with his mother in 1970 in Rome.
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Audrey “always wanted to be a mom,” says Luca, with his mother in 1970 in Rome.
05of 10Courtesy Harper CollinsLuca — on his mom’s lap with her best friend, Connie Wald (right) in Rome, in 1973 — lives in Rome with his family.
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Luca — on his mom’s lap with her best friend, Connie Wald (right) in Rome, in 1973 — lives in Rome with his family.
06of 10Courtesy Harper CollinsLuca and his mom on the beach in Tuscany in 1972. “People thought it couldn’t be normal to be living with Audrey Hepburn,” he says. “But there was no secret cave where she wore a little black dress.”
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Luca and his mom on the beach in Tuscany in 1972. “People thought it couldn’t be normal to be living with Audrey Hepburn,” he says. “But there was no secret cave where she wore a little black dress.”
07of 10Courtesy Harper CollinsHepburn serving her favorite dish, spaghetti al Pomodoro, at a country lunch at her Swiss farmhouse in the early ’70s. She “could eat pasta every day,” says her son.
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Hepburn serving her favorite dish, spaghetti al Pomodoro, at a country lunch at her Swiss farmhouse in the early ’70s. She “could eat pasta every day,” says her son.
08of 10Doris Brynner"At the end of her life, she was more comfortable in jeans and a T-shirt,” says Luca of his mom, swimming off a friend’s yacht in Turkey in 1968.
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Doris Brynner
“At the end of her life, she was more comfortable in jeans and a T-shirt,” says Luca of his mom, swimming off a friend’s yacht in Turkey in 1968.
09of 10Courtesy Harper CollinsHepburn, at home with her Jack Russell terriers in 1987, made her dogs a special “mash” of boiled rice, seared meat and softened carrots.
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Hepburn, at home with her Jack Russell terriers in 1987, made her dogs a special “mash” of boiled rice, seared meat and softened carrots.
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Mel Ferrer
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