The World According to Tom Hanks

It was a Christmas presentThe lady loved it

This is an amazing book for the collection

I was leery this would be a Tom Hanks love-in with minimal depth and insight.It is much better than that.In part one Edwards traces Hanks from birth to stardom. He uses a lot of quotesfrom others about Hanks and from Hanks over the years. I didn't realize his childhood was so challenging.Part two is the ten commandments of Tom Hanks, a way of packing more anecdotes and his core beliefs.Part three is a breakdown of each Hanks movie. Not only is this not a love letter, he is unusually critical of a numberof really good Hanks movies. Surprised me, but in a good way.If you want to know more about why you like Hanks so much, it's here.

Not all that interesting. Hanks is a great actor and funny guy. The book describes all of his movies -- I had forgot how many were so very bad...

Very well written biography of a outstanding human! I hope he runs for President. Tom is related to Abe Lincoln's mother!