United Kingdom, April 8 -- E.A. Hanks uses her memoir to open up about her difficult upbringing, her relationship with her parents and the painful memories that shaped her new book.

The writer, 42 -full name Elizabeth Anne Hanks - was born to actor Tom Hanks, 68, and his first wife Samantha Lewes in Sacramento, California.

In 1994, when her mother lost primary custody of her and her brother, Colin Hanks, 46, the siblings moved to Los Angeles to live with their father and his second wife, Rita Wilson, 68.

Samantha, born Susan Dillingham, died in 2002 at the age of 49 following a battle with bone cancer. Tom legally separated from Samantha in 1985, and their seven-year marriage officially ended in divorce in 1987.

E.A. has shared her st...