Author Description

A Memoir: A Life on the Page and the Open Road Step into the passenger seat of E.A. Hanks’ extraordinary life a raw, riveting tale told through the eyes of a close friend who’s seen it all. Daughter of Hollywood legend Tom Hanks and the troubled, magnetic Samantha Lewes, E.A. grew up straddling two worlds: the gritty chaos of Sacramento with a mother battling addiction and faith, and the dazzling, distant orbit of her father’s rising fame. But this isn’t a celebrity tell-all it’s the story of a woman who took the wheel, turning a childhood of fracture and longing into a writer’s life of grit, grace, and hard-won truth. In E.A. Hanks New Memoir Book 2025, you’ll ride shotgun through her journey from the backseat of her youth, where highways became her refuge, to her 2019 solo trek along Interstate 10, a 1,500-mile odyssey that birthed her acclaimed memoir, The 10. With a voice that’s sharp as a blade and warm as a desert dawn, E.A. unearths family mysteries her elusive grandfather, her mother’s unraveling while carving a path beyond her famous name. You’ll meet the stubborn dreamer who scribbled her way from Vanity Fair grunt work to New York Times bylines, the quiet rebel who chose solitude over spotlight, and the soul who finds art in every scar. This book isn’t just a biography it’s a map to resilience, a mirror for anyone who’s ever felt split by love and loss. Readers will discover the power of claiming your own story, finding strength in the mess, and driving forward when the road gets rough. Through vivid prose and intimate revelations, E.A. Hanks New Memoir Book 2025 offers a front-row seat to a life unfiltered funny, fierce, and achingly human. Pick it up, and let E.A.’s miles inspire your own.