Tom Hanks was “not surprised” that daughter E.A. Hanks was able to write her compelling memoir delving into her own childhood abuse and her mother’s troubled life.

The 68-year-old actor opened up about the pride he feels for his only daughter on the release of The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road, her book about Hanks’ first wife, Susan Dillingham, who E.A. says was emotionally and physically abusive during her childhood.

“I’m 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 told Access Hollywood at the premiere of his new film, The Phoenician Scheme. “We all come from checkered, cracked lives, all of us.”

“She’s a knockout, always has been,” he continued. “If you’ve had kids, y

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