Tom Hanks has spoken publicly for the first time about his daughter E.A. Hanks’ revealing memoir, The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road. At the premiere of his new film The Phoenician Scheme, Hanks praised E.A. for her courage and honesty in writing the book, which explores her difficult upbringing, her strained relationship with her late mother Samantha Lewes, and life as the child of two Hollywood parents. The memoir details E.A.'s early years in Los Angeles, her sudden move to Sacramento with her mother and brother after her parents’ 1987 divorce, and the emotional and physical abuse she says she endured. At age 14, after an especially violent incident, she moved back to Los Angeles to live with her father. E.A. also shares her belief that her mother likely suffered from undiagnosed bipolar disorder, citing disturbing journal entries written before her death from bone cancer in 2002. One entry included a graphic and delusional claim about a crime committed by her own father—E.A.’s grandfather. Hanks, who was married to Lewes from 1979 to 1987, acknowledged the intensity of the memoir but said he wasn’t surprised by his daughter’s strength in tackling the subject. He also praised her openness about the process.