Risk & Reward: The birth and meteoric rise of the Sasktachewan Party

Risk & Reward is the first book to detail the birth and rise to power of the Saskatchewan Party. With behind-the-scenes insight, author Gail Krawetz describes in accurate and personal detail the merging of interests from four Liberal and four Progressive Conservatives in the mid-1990s that would form the party and bring it to power by 2007, a historically-rapid time-frame of just 10 years.

Krawetz speaks from two complementary perspectives through the book. First, as a blogger and former history teacher, she presents an historically accurate narrative, accessing both public and private records, and numerous personal interviews.

Second, as the wife of one of the founding members of the party, she provides side reflections of personal memories throughout the book that make political stories personal and real.

Mini-bios of the “Original 8” party founders are included, as is a rich 16-page photographic insert of photographs and other
artifacts. With a foreword by the SaskParty’s current leader and Premier of Saskatchewan, Brad Wall, and an introduction by
long-time party staffer Reg Downs, Risk & Reward is the perfect weaving of history and personal story-telling, making for both a valuable historical reference and a compelling narrative.