Tom Hanks reacts to EA Hanks’s memoir on childhood abuse and family trauma

Hollywood legend Tom Hanks has recently shared his thoughts on his daughter EA Hankss new memoir The 10 A Memoir of Family and the Open Road which details painful memories of emotional and physical abuse by her mother actress Samantha LewesAccording to People magazine during the red carpet premiere of his new film The Phoenician Scheme Hanks said he wasnt surprised by his daughters decision to confront her pastIm not surprised that my daughter had the wherewithal as well as the curiosity to examine this thing that I think she was incredibly honest about Hanks said adding that families often come from complex and checkered cracked lives as quoted by People magazineHanks 68 further acknowledged how deeply personal the revelations in his daughters memoir were reflecting on how as a parent you can see the essence of your child from a young ageShes a knockout always has been he said adding If youve had kids you realise that you see who they are when theyre about 6 weeks oldEA Hanks whose full name is Elizabeth Anne opens up in her memoir about the turbulence she faced during her childhood including years of what she described as emotional violence and physical violence following her parents divorce in 1987The memoir sheds light on EAs strained and complicated relationship with her mother Susan DillinghamAfter Hanks and Dillinghams marriage ended their daughter lived primarily with her mother while Hanks had designated weekend and summer visitation rightsI would visit my dad and stepmother and soon enough my younger halfbrothers on the weekends and during summers but from 5 to 14 years filled with confusion violence deprivation and love EA recalled in the book highlighting the dark circumstances of her early yearsHer account details how the home environment became increasingly unstable with neglectful conditions such as a filthy backyard an empty refrigerator and her mothers escalating emotional withdrawalThe house stank of smoke The fridge was bare or full of expired food more often than not and my mother spent more and more time in her big fourposter bed poring over the Bible she wrote as quoted by People magazineEA revealed that it wasnt until her mothers emotional abuse escalated to physical violence that she decided to leave home moving to Los Angeles as a teenagerOne night her emotional violence became physical violence and in the aftermath I moved to Los Angeles right smack in the middle of the seventh grade she explained noting that her custody arrangement shifted thereafterIn a particularly heartbreaking section of her memoir EA describes a phone call with her mother during her senior year of high school when her mother claimed to be dyingThough never formally diagnosed EA believes that her mother suffered from undiagnosed bipolar disorder which manifested in episodes of extreme paranoia and delusionReflecting on her experience EA said the dysfunction of her early life had a lasting impactDespite her struggles she managed to forge her own path as an adult writing her memoir as an act of catharsisAccording to People magazine during the same interview Tom Hanks also discussed his role in his latest film The Phoenician SchemeIn the film Hanks portrays Leland a business associate of wealthy businessman Zsazsa Korda played by Benicio Del ToroThe gripping tale of corporate betrayal and personal vendettas features an ensemble cast that includes Mia Threapleton Michael Cera Willem Dafoe and Scarlett JohanssonThe Phoenician Scheme was released in select theatres on May 30 and will see a wider release on June 6This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever