Preview 2- The New York Tracys
New York was the place to be if you were young, rich and beautiful and that was what Arianna (Annie), Nathaniel (Nate) and Caroline (Carlie) Tracy were. They were the children of John Tracy and Susan Price-Tracy. John Tracy (Jonathan Glenn Tracy) was the estranged son of billionaire ex-astronaut Jefferson Tracy. John, who was also an ex-astronaut, had his fingers in many pies, he was a best-selling author of both non-fiction and fiction (he has a Sci-Fi series called the Fallen Stars), he taught astronomy at Columbia University, wrote a science column for the New York Times, worked with his father-in-law on some projects but what made him liked was that he was a humanitarian. He was the patron for a charity for underprivileged kids and donated 5 million a year to various charities. He was successful to say the least. Susan Price-Tracy was the daughter of tycoon Arthur Price, he owned half of the New York skyline, including 12 major hotels. Her family was some of the original New York 100. She was a highly successful fashion designer with worldwide fame. Now for the kids. The 3 Tracy kids were the picture of perfection in their world. All 3 had platinum blond hair and brilliant blue eyes. They had million dollar educations, for the elder 2 the Fairwood Ivy league Preparation Day-School on the Upper East Side (they were the top of the social food chain at Fairwood, the Lion and the Lioness.) For Carlie it was the Hailday School for Girls (where she was the Lioness) in a year she would start Fairwood. Arianna (16) was truly beautiful with a mixture of classic beauty and youthful good looks. The only thing that out shone her beauty was her raw talent. Her painting hung in the Soho Gallery, she was a multi-platinum recording artist, she modelled (she could be seen on a billboard in time square) and like her father she was a best-selling author of a book called The Fall From Grace which topped the New York Times list. Her beauty and talent was compared to the late Lucille Tracy. Nate (15) was more like his uncle Scott. He came 3rd in People's top 100 and had graced many teenage girls walls because like his sister he was beautiful. He was very talented he had a black belt, played Lacrosse, Polo, Tennis, Football, Soccer, Baseball, Field Hockey, he ran (short distance and long), he swam, he even skydived (his parents didn't like that much). On top of all this he was also a up and coming rock/punk artist. He was going places fast. Carlie was the baby of the family, but she didn't look like it. With her wavy waist length blond hair she was starting to rival her sister, even at 13. Like her siblings she was musically talented, she had mastered the piano, violin, flute, guitar, bass, cello, saxophone (both tenor and alto) harp and clarinet. She was also a painter (a brilliant on at that). Her father said that she was like his brother Virgil. Their lives were easy but little did they know it was about to get harder.