“The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road” is written by Tom Hanks’ daughter, E.A. Hanks and details her childhood, her parents’ divorce and her alleged abuse from her late mother, Tom’s first wife, Susan Dillingham.

According to the author, the memoir is both a journey to understand her mother and a cross-country road trip. In the memoir, she describes being raised primarily by her mother, while visiting her famous dad during the summer and weekends saying, "I would visit my dad and stepmother on the weekends and during summers, but from 5 to 14, years filled with confusion, violence, deprivation, and love," E.A., 43, wrote in an excerpt obtained by PEOPLE .

Hanks opened up about his daughter’s allegations in an interview with Access Hollywood , saying she is a “bold, journalist

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