Reese Witherspoon has a pep in her step as she heads out for coffee with hubby Jim Toth

Reese Witherspoon put an elegant spin on California casual when she was glimpsed in Los Angeles this week.

The 43-year-old was glimpsed going for a Starbucks run in Brentwood with her second husband, agent Jim Toth.

She slipped into a Hamptons chic blue and white striped shirt dress and warded off the chill with an olive green coat.

Reese could be glimpsed carrying a copy of Erik Larson’s new book The Splendid And The Vile: A Saga Of Churchill, Family And Defiance During The Blitz. 

As its title indicates the book takes place between the Mays of 1940 to 1941, Britain’s famed ‘finest hour’ as it faced off alone against the Nazi war machine.

The book pays particular attention to the lives of Churchill’s wife Clementine and their four children during the crisis.

Reese has lately been producing and starring in projects based on novels, including the hit HBO series Big Little Lies based on a 2014 book by Liane Moriarty.

Her upcoming mini-series Little Fires Everywhere, which she co-executive produced with her co-star Kerry Washington, is based on a 2017 novel by Celeste Ng.

Covering the March issue of InStyle, Kerry revealed she called up Reese Witherspoon for tips before starting her production company Simpson Street. 

‘I knew that Reese had several production companies through the years and had learned a lot during the various stages of their development,’ said Kerry.

‘I said to her: “You’re killing it now, but tell me all the mistakes you made so I don’t have to reinvent the wheel.”‘

After giving Kerry her two cents about the producing business, Reese shared: ‘Not a single other actress has called me to have this conversation.’

Reese and Jim share a seven-year-old son called Tennessee, and she has two children, Ava, 20, and Deacon, 26, by her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe.