Selena Cross

Selena Cross is a fictional character in the novel Peyton Place, as well as its sequel, Return to Peyton Place and the movies based on the novels. Selena was a girl who had been born on the wrong side of the tracks, so to speak. To the more respectable people in Peyton Place, she was considered a shack dweller. Her biological father, Curtis Chamberlain, had been killed when he was doing lumbering; and her mother, Nellie Cross, a housekeeper, had ... more

Selena Cross is a fictional character in the novel Peyton Place, as well as its sequel, Return to Peyton Place and the movies based on the novels. Selena was a girl who had been born on the wrong side of the tracks, so to speak. To the more respectable people in Peyton Place, she was considered a shack dweller. Her biological father, Curtis Chamberlain, had been killed when he was doing lumbering; and her mother, Nellie Cross, a housekeeper, had married a man named Lucas Cross. Widowered Lucas had an older son, Paul, who married a woman named Gladys eventually. Lucas and Nellie had a younger son, Joey, of whom, Selena was very protective. She was best friends with Allison MacKenzie, which often distressed her extremely proper mother, Constance MacKenzie. However, Constance eventually saw something good in Selena, and she hired her to assist her at the Thrifty Corner Apparel Shoppe, the store that she owned. However, Selena hid a very tragic secret. Lucas often physically and sexually... less