Tom Hanks’ daughter, E.A. Hanks, reveals childhood ‘filled with confusion, violence, deprivation’ in new memoir
Tom Hanks and Samantha Lewes' daughter, Elizabeth Hanks, wrote about her turbulent childhood in her new memoir, "The 10: A Memoir of Family And The Open Road."
Elizabeth Hanks, the daughter of Tom Hanks and first wife Samantha Lewes, opened up about her turbulent childhood and complex relationship with her mother in her new book, “The 10: A Memoir of Family And The Open Road.”
In an excerpt obtained by People Thursday, the author — who now goes by E.A. for Elizabeth Anne — wrote about how her parents’ split in 1985 shaped her and brother Colin Hanks’ early years.
“I am a kid from the First (non-famous) Marriage. My only memories of my parents in the same place at the same time are Colin’s high school graduation, then my high school graduation,” she began. “I have one picture of me standing between my parents. In it, my mother’s best wig is slightly askew.”