There is much humor in the book as well, which makes for easier reading. As it is something of an introductory work, and of less than encyclopedic length, one can hardly fault it for not containing everything that might be said on the topics. One area that the book does not discuss, for example, is the potentially equally negative alternative to becoming like one or another parent or relative---namely, to go completely to the other extreme and become the opposite of that model in every possible respect. One usually encounters this tendency in adolescence, at least, and then moves on (although enough don't for the world to be full of 40-something adolescents).
Of course, many will rankle at the idea that being like their parents is a bad thing, or will be afraid that changing from that model will dishonor them or their memory. But if the model parent was the sort of ideal individual to whom one might properly aspire to emulate, it is likely that he or she would have encouraged a spirit of independence and individuality, and nurtured and cherished its manifestation.
All in all, a promising first book.