Steinbeck's Letter to Son on Love Goes on Sale

John Steinbeck’s letter to son on love, ‘the best thing,’ on sale

BOSTON >> A tender and touching letter that author John Steinbeck penned to his teenage son, offering fatherly advice after the young man confided that he was in love for the first time, is going up for auction.

Steinbeck's Letter to Son on Love Goes on Sale

‘If it is right, it happens,’ author advised the teenager who confided in his parents

Steinbeck’s letter to son on love, ‘the best thing,’ on sale

“If you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you," reads part of the letter.

Steinbeck’s letter to son on love, ‘the best thing,’ on sale

A tender and touching letter that author John Steinbeck penned to his teenage son, offering fatherly advice after the young man confided that he was in love for the first time, is going up for auct…

Steinbeck’s letter to son on love, ‘the best thing,’ on sale

BOSTON (AP) — A tender and touching letter that author John Steinbeck penned to his teenage son, offering fatherly advice after the young man confided that he was in love for the first time, is going up for auction.Boston-based RR Auction says the handwritten draft of a letter to his eldest son, Thomas — then 14 — shows the “Of Mice and Men” author’s empathy: He refused to dismiss it as puppy love.“While this letter offers an intimate, private g…

'If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so': John Steinbeck's letter to his son full of life advice goes up for sale

“Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also,” the author wrote. Read More