When the Second Wave Feminism crosses paths with The Troubles . . . Mistaking gratitude for love comes at a price. In 1971, Oxford student Emilee Stephens marches with the just-formed Women’s Liberation Movement. She meets Connor O’Hannigan, an intriguing sympathizer who harbors more secrets than the reason he’s at the march. Despite her friends’ repeated warnings—and even hints that he may be in the IRA—Emilee falls for Connor when he saves her life in a kayaking accident. The two marry and have a daughter, Caitlynn Aine. On the child’s third birthday, daughter and father disappear, leaving only an abandoned car and a small red jacket behind. Decades pass—until Emilee receives a handwritten letter from her presumed-dead former husband. An Unfamiliar Kindness asks an unanswerable question: how much does love cost?