The Porch Down Home is a true-to-life story about the joys of growing up with loving grandparents and the pains of growing up in the small community of IXL, Oklahoma, in the heart of Okfuskee County. After the tragic accidental death of their parents, sisters Avie and Cassie had to go live with their grandparents, whom they referred to as Bigdaddy and Bigmomma. The story has an unexpected twist in which the ultimate consequences of Avie's decisions had the explosive potential to tear the family apart.