After their father’s death, an older brother, Ben, asks Ella to exhume their father’s remains to bury him in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Dredging up long-forgotten emotions about how she felt about her father’s abuses, Ella wrestles with whether or not to honor her ailing brother’s request. The Disinterment follows Ella and her sister Evie as they resolve the issues that arise from disturbing their father’s remains. Ella’s quest to put all the corpses in their rightful places reveals long-held secrets, sibling loyalties, and family history.