Chris Jacoby asked Chris Jacoby:

Why did you choose to leave out certain parts of your life, like your marriage or having children?

Chris Jacoby That's a thoughtful question--and a fair one. The short answer is: Unbound was never intended to tell the full story of my life. It's a deeply personal, emotionally driven narrative that focuses on one very specific journey: my path to escape, self-acceptance, and love. It's not a memoir of everything I've lived--it's a story about the emotional and psychological transformation I experienced.

Yes, my marriage and children were part of my life during that time. But thematically, they belonged to another chapter--another arc entirely. Including them would have added layers that didn't serve the story I was telling here. I wanted this book to stay focused on one central truth: what it felt like to live in silence, to slowly find the courage to live authentically, and to finally experience a kind of love I'd long denied myself.

I chose to write Unbound as fiction based on my lived experiences, which gave me space to craft the emotional arc without the burden of documenting every fact. That's not avoidance--it's storytelling. And I stand by that choice because it allowed me to go deeper into the heart of the journey I was ready to share.

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