Cherry reflects on how long it took her to truly comprehend her father's death. She recalls an afternoon when she was thirteen—three years after her father died—when her mother rushed to greet her with "wonderful news." Cherry's immediate, involuntary reaction was an overwhelming surge of relief and joy because, for a brief moment, she believed her father had come back. The sensation was so powerful her legs went weak and she had to sit down, revealing the enormous weight of grief she had been carrying without realizing it.

Cherry then reflects on a quote she once read from the pop star Pink, who said after losing her own father that no one would ever love her like that again. Cherry connects deeply with this sentiment, explaining that everyone loves a particular version of you, and when that person dies, that version of you disappears with them. She recalls how her father found her to be "the funniest little thing" and how no one else ever saw her quite the same way. She muses on the possibility of an afterlife, noting there isn't enough data to confirm it, but whimsically imagines her father might meet Pink's dad at a breakfast buffet—her dad's idea of heaven.

Cherry then reveals that her mother's "wonderful news" was that she had saved enough money to book a holiday at a motel in Coffs Harbour to see the Big Banana, a famous Australian tourist attraction. Cherry digresses into a brief history of the Big Banana and Australia's obsession with oversized tourist landmarks. She notes the common belief that the Big Banana was secretly replaced by a smaller version, but explains it simply looks smaller when revisited as an adult. She concludes with the poignant observation that "nothing dazzles like the first time."