Please help me to find a fantasy novel about a red haired girl

[Wildfly]

I read it about ten years ago. It was about a girl whose mother (advanced species, white skin, red hair) crashed on some backwards planet, was raped by the the chief of some patriarchal clan with strict religious rules. The spacer gave birth to a daughter then skipped the planet leaving her behind. When the girl grows up she is ostarcized then almost killed by her clan, because of some foggy prophecy that her offspring will destroy the planet. She escapes with the help of her lover (a bard who is caught by the clan and as punishment, is blinded.) The book is about the adventures of how the girl finds a way to leave the planet. If I remember correctly, she in the end leaves with some smuggler guy on his spaceship.

 

[yodachan]

This sounds a bit like the beginning of the Diadem series by Jo Clayton, but that was published much earlier and the lead character isn't a red head.

 

[tinkerdan]

Here's an interesting Review of the book(and it does sound like the one you describe)::
https://sfmistressworks.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/diadem-from-the-stars-jo-clayton/

written by Ian Sales

This goes on my wish list for when I can find copies of the series of books.(he makes them sound so good)

 

[Wildfly]

This sounds a bit like the beginning of the Diadem series by Jo Clayton, but that was published much earlier and the lead character isn't a red head.

Thank you, that's it.